Hand-Woven Tapestries

The tapestry evokes a striking brutalism. The artist has meticulously woven with a variety of materials : jute, ropes, cotton, wool, intertwining them, twisting them, binding them i...

Very nice Hand knotted Kelim Designer: Janowska 1960s Polish Type Kilim: Kilim S Manufactured by 44 "Wieniec Dozyn" Navn Kilim: 45 Pasterki Wever: Szymanska

Barbro Sprinchorn Sweden, Vintage Woven wall tapestry “Mörk frukt”. Signed S. Designed 1968. Handwoven at Märta Måås-Fjetterström AB, Båstad, Sweden. Märta Måås-Fjetterström (1873-...

Established in the early 1960s, the British/American company, 'Mediterranean Industries' set up a weaving studio workshop in Malta focussing on creating rya rugs designed by important European artists of the time. This is one of three pieces designed by Jean Cocteau. This design of rya rug was included in an exhibition in 1963 at Malta House, London, titled 'The School of Malta', and had many important contributors, including Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Finnish textile...

A truly impressive tapestry / carpet in pure wool by architect and designer Le Corbusier ca 1960. Styled after a drawing by Le Corbusier titled "the Modulor". "In Le Corbusier's buildings and art a recurrent silhouette appears: the Modulor Man. It's a stylised human figure, standing proudly and square-shouldered, sometimes with one arm raised, the mascot of Le Corbusier's system for re-ordering the universe. The Modulor was meant as a universal system...

The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...

The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite embroideries such as this one were wove...

The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...

The Suzani textiles from Uzbekistan represent the most refined and elegant manifestation of the Central Asian textile art tradition. Exquisite emb...

Handmade Finnish Raanu Mid-Century table runner, 1960s This beautiful hand-woven table runner is made of wool, traditional Finnish crafts . Wond...

200 inches (16 feet 8 inches) wide by 7 foot 10" (94") tall. Wool. Designed by UK Designer Joyce Conwy Evans who was commissioned in 1964 by the Eastbourne Water Works in England. Titled "The Elements" and depicting human figures celebrating life and the various elements of; such as water rain, snow, wind, plants, stars and the sun with figures in an abstract depiction. London designer Joyce Conwy Evans's career has spanned over sixty years. She designed over eighteen tapestries for Dovecot Studios including major commissions for the new Park Lane Hilton Hotel in 1962 and Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral and this one. She is a noted costume designer creating costumes and set designs for Sadler's Wells and Glyndebourne Opera. In recent years Evans designed the interiors for the Inn at Little Washington in Virginia. Evans worked for many years for Sir Hugh Casson, a former president of the Royal Academy, who was commissioned to design interiors for Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle. The Edinburgh Tapestry Co. (now known as Dovecot Studios) produced this by hand upon a large loom and it is significantly important for the company and designer with staggering complexity clearly evident. The plaque that accompanies this piece lists the 5 weavers who produced it (all of whom achieved the title Master weavers) and are all renowned in their own right: Archie O. Brennan, who would come to direct the company. Douglas Grierson, who gave 50 years to the company. Maureen Hodge who was the first female weaver to apprentice at the company, and achieved international recognition for her work and designs. Fred W. Mann and Harry Wright. Dovecot studios is renowned for producing some of the most important and highest quality modernist wall tapestries...

Mid-Century Modern French rectangular handwoven wool and cotton tapestry on a Jean Claude Duprez canvas. Depicting Autumn Leaves in brown, green and beige color.