Continental Europe - Tapestries

Knotted Wall Tapestry in Wool by Inês Schertel, Brazil, 2021 Ines Schertel's primary material is sheep's wool. As a practitioner of Slow Desig...

Exceptional limited edition 1/2 tapestry "Pelops" with certificate from a private collection, 1964. Ateliers Pinton brothers in Felletin, under the supervision of Pierre Baudouin 2ex + 1EA Editor Aram Iynedjian. The tapestry will be sold with its certificate of authenticity from the gallery. From the 15th century, the name of Pinton was associated with the Aubusson tapestry. Since then, over the generations, the Pinton family has largely contributed to the development of this fabulous cultural heritage until the creation in the 19th century, of the Felletin factory, in the department of Creuse. Even today, in these workshops, the craftsmen execute the same correct gestures with the same attention to detail and thus extend the chain of the history of the tapestry of tradition but also contemporary. The hand of specialists, the eye of designers and dyers and the taste of the most demanding clientele find their meaning in the fabric of the carpets. The excellence of French know-how, a living heritage society and custodian of Aubusson's cultural heritage, has always collaborated with great artists. The works of Charles Le Brun, Charles Lapicque, Pablo Picasso, Jean-Michel Othoniel, and many other big names in the world of painting, architecture, design, fell into the looms and know-how ancestral of this unique Creuse creator. Editor Aram Iynedjian Aram Iynedjian, Lausanne gallery owner and editor of tapestries from Braque, Estève and Lapicque, the latter meets Pierre Baudouin, the most famous of the cardboard painters of the time. The one who translated the works of Le Corbusier, Calder or Picasso into tapestry then collaborates with Charles Lapicque and they will develop a work of great richness. Lapicque came to realize these two summits which are "Pélops" and "Diane et Actéon". I realize that you should never try to describe a work of art Let’s look at it. Let us admire the science of composition, linear purity, technical perfection, the beauty of color, the truth of the drama. Let us see, if we can, the implacable presence of genius. "We will now understand that after having based a painting on the love of tapestry, it was relatively easy, and very tempting, to build a tapestry faithful to my painting," explained the artist in the exhibition catalog. of the Galerie Verrière in 1970. It was not until 1961 that he began to produce cardboards both for the tapestry of the Lisse in Aubusson, but also at the Mobilier National, with the help of Pierre Baudouin Charles Lapicque (1898-1988) Born in 1898 in Theizé (Rhône) in a family practicing both the arts and the sciences, Charles Lapicque is no exception to the rule: gifted for music and drawing, he graduated from the École Centrale in 1921, works as engineer until 1928 before integrating in 1931 a laboratory at the Faculty of Sciences of Paris, where he carried out research on the perception of colors, crowned by the title of Doctor of Physical Sciences in 1938. He thus studies the reactions of the eye in front of an intense light source, at the origin of the formation of starry images which he will use in his works, and defines a theory of the staggering of colors in space which overturns the rules of the Renaissance: "I had shown that the Classic rule, that of Vinci, advocating placing the blues in the distance, the reds, oranges and yellows in the foreground, is a nonsense; it makes more sense, more favorable to do the opposite. "(In Red and blue in the arts, 1936) It was around 1920 that Charles Lapicque began to paint in Brittany where he spent every summer since his childhood, first on the motif and then in a workshop that his stepfather Jean Perrin, Nobel Prize in Physics, had him build in 1927 ; he then definitively adopted the work of memory, in accordance with the art of music which he deeply loved and the Bergsonian philosophy of knowledge: "It is up to us to give reality an appearance that it has no itself, a form, a figure (...). " His youthful production immediately reveals a great originality, oscillating between figuration and abstraction which sometimes intertwine: alongside synthetic paintings by their simplified drawing and their flat colors, he designs an Homage to Palestrina (1925), composed of a grid derived from Cubism, entirely abstract, relayed by a Christ with Thorns (1939), according to a principle that he will develop after 1939, in line with his optical discoveries. In fact, during the war years, an almost abstract period began, that of the tight blue framework, applied to backgrounds ranging from yellow to red and revealing a more or less identifiable world (Jeanne d'Arc crossing the Loire, 1940; Rencontres series, 1940-1945). Exhibited in 1929 by the gallery owner Jeanne Bucher, Lapicque abandoned his scientific career in 1943 to devote himself entirely to painting. He continued his work which resulted in 1946-1953 in white-frame structures; their much softer lines lead him to the system of either black or white interlacing which encloses areas of pure color, most often in solid color. With The Battle of Waterloo in 1949, Lapicque still uses optics - zooming in on a given area - to depict spaces with multiple perspectives and decomposed times. This new interest in the liveliness of color developed in the following period, which can be described as flamboyant or Baroque (1954-1963): illustrated in particular by the series of Breton lagoons and twilight or nocturnal views of Venice in the light. Stars, which the artist himself describes as “daring sweets”, it begins with the Raoul Dufy Prize of the Venice Biennale, awarded in 1953 to the artist who took the opportunity to give free rein to his passion for the Serenissima until July 1956. Another point in common with his elder brother is the expression of movement. Begun in 1949 in The Battle of Waterloo then in 1952 with Dimanche aux regates, it became an obsession from 1964, in the exploration of new themes, such as the different shots of tennis players captured on the fly (1965), the mythological scenes and sea storms. These dizzying years precede the artist's last period: as he comes of age, he discovers serenity, revealed by a painting now with acrylic paint, much more peaceful from 1974, which even borders on a childish naivety at the end. of his life. All of his work includes an astonishing diversity of themes, also nourished by his travels (Rome in 1957, Greece in 1964, Holland in 1974 ...), with a predilection for the sea, rocks, sailboats, music, tennis, horses, wild beasts, but also for history and mythology, as evidenced by knights, kings and ancient gods. It also deploys, in total creative freedom, a wide variety of styles and orientations. Having been one of the pioneers of non-figurative art, thus paving the way for artists like Manessier, Bazaine, Vieira da Silva, De Staël, etc. Owners of the new non-figurative Paris School of the Postwar period, Charles Lapicque then returned to figuration, in a "new interpretation" of appearance, even if he continued to rub shoulders with abstraction at times. "Drawing runs after color and color after drawing. " Heir to the Fauves, Charles Lapicque plays like them on pure colors, whose dissonances, associated with a totally free design and an overloaded composition in a multiple space, make him a precursor of the New Figuration in all its forms: the Narrative Figuration born in France in the early 1960s, represented in particular by Gérard Fromanger, Erró, Bernard Rancillac and Gérard Guyomard; Free Figuration born in the early 1980s, marked by Robert Combas, Hervé and Richard Di Rosa, Louis Jammes and François Boisrond, and which, in turn, influenced the American Bad Painting of a Jean-Michel Basquiat or a Keith Haring, deliberately neglected and Expressionist; Lapicque's “Classic subjects” were able to feed Cultivated Painting, which also appeared in the early 1980s with Jean-Michel Alberola, Patrice Giorda and Gérard Garouste...

Presented tapestry depicts a genre scene with men playing lawn bowling. The tapestry without a frame, stretched onto new looms. Dimensions: 120 x 90 cm. The condition is very ...

Abstract geometric green framed tapestry Janine Gord, France 1979 tapisserie on 'Spheria,' Ruth Wikstrom. Collection D.M.C. Framed 43 x 43 cm Conditions: excellent, no defects.

This large tapestry, measuring 315 cm. x 228 cm, was commissioned for a conference room and is the result of the work of three masters. It was commissioned in 1988 at FGM (Fränkische...

A very fine tapestry panel, originally part of the top section of a border, depicting at its center the head of Mercury, the Roman God of Commerce. The winged head is flanked by a pa...

' Five O'clock Tea' Silk Contemporary Tapestry, Watercolour Technique, Bright Multi-Coloured shades after and in collaboration with American watercolor artist Misha Lenn in collabora...

'L' Aire du Jazz ' Silk Contemporary Tapestry, Watercolour Technique, Bright Multi-Coloured shades after and as collaboration with American watercolor artist Misha Lenn in collabora...

Beautiful limited edition tapestry, entitled "Soir de Rêve", made from the original cartoon by Odette Caly. This work was produced by the Atelier d'Art Contemporain La Lice, under th...

Large handwoven sculptural wall tapestry, France 1970s. Made with much tactility and persuasion from fine 100% shear wool and is showing a really great relief and variety of textures...

French wool tapestry representing a scene with characters and animals on a background of wood. circa 19s0 Measures: 130 x 135 cm.  

XXL Wall Tapestry by Renate Bonfanti, Italy ca. 1970. Renate was trained on art school in Milan and finished her studies in Oslo, Norway at the kvinnelige industriskole in the early 1950’s. To perfect her weaving skills she took an internship at autonomous Norwegian textile...

Vintage novelty high pile wool wall decor. It may be used as a carpet. Additional information: Origin: Sweden Period: 1960s Dimensions: W 100 cm x D 160-190 cm Condition: Good vinta...

Ewald Kröner is considered to be the German reference artist for tufted art tapestries and carpets. For several decades since the 1960s he has promoted artistic tapestries. Kro¨ner i...

Spectacular flowers and roses aubusson tapestry/carpet, Europe 1930s.

- 1970s - Czechoslovakia - Intact fringes, beautiful design.

Delightful panel with an ancient fragment of tapestry representing fruits and beautiful colors. I thought of applying it on a panel covered with an ex...

Vintage Swedish framed embroidery of a native woman in a tropical environment. A "Bloomsbury" bohemian style embroidery made in the 1940s. A dreamy kind o...

“Every piece of textile has been designed, produced, and worn or used otherwise. Therefore, every piece of textile has a story, a particular atmosphere and beauty. Every piece of tex...

Abstract cubist quilted wall hanging. Made from fabric depicting a town with a surrounding of waves and multicolored other textures. The style ca...

Maïlys Seydoux-Dumas, Vendémiaire, Wool Tapestry, Néolice, 2023 A wool woven tapestry figuring a golden tree and red, blue, brown objects on a beige background. Signed on the lower...

Landscape is an original patchwork with fabric lining on the back of 1990s, by an oriental manufacture . Hooks for hanging. 102x150cm. Good conditions except for some stain...

Important Vietnamese Silk Embroidery Hanging, Framed, "Deer in the Forest", Vietnam, circa 1940. Discover a rare and elegant piece of Indochinese craftsmanship created during the Fr...

A very fine and rare pair of festive bands used to embellish the main gable in the middle of the tent of the Zayan Berber tribe (see the additional images), located in the western se...

Mid-1700's “Feuilles d'Aristoloche” tapestry. Very orgininal, esoteric feeling Flemish tapestry. Has been freshly cleaned and is in structurally good condition. Interestingly, the...

A charming tribal weaving with a flat-woven red background and a pattern composed of polychrome concentric circles knotted in pile, creating a relief effect. This was used within the tribe as a baby cradle...

A finely woven wool flat-weave from the Azeri tribe in the southern Caucasus, distinguished by a tartan-like composition of polychrome vertical bands alternated to lozenges. This typ...

Nr. 788 - Hand embroidered carpet or fabric by young Turkish nomad girls for their wedding trousseau. Flat wave kilim: this is not a true rug, but a fabric made by young Turkish noma...

Saporiti Italy production and design Ottavio years '70 first series arras patchwork in wool.  

A strikingly visual shawl composed of alternating rows of horizontal stripes in undyed dark wool and insect dyed fuchsia red silk. The differing widths of each stripe imparts this te...

Espoir Printed tapestry Bolduc on the back Numéroté 264/300 Signed by the artist CERTIFICAT D'AUTHENTICITÉ _ Tapisserie Ornemur imprimée à la main sur étoffe de laine. COROT...

Impressive 1950-60s Aubusson tapestry by Henry Ilhe, with a wonderful "Birds in a wood" motive in amazing colors that are very well preserved.

Framed Kuba Weaving, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1950s

Kasthall Sweden Tapestry; Marocco 640; Pepper 210; Textile design; Carpet; Wall tapestry; Woven bouclé rug in pure wool 65% and linen 35% in the Marocco...

Maija Kolsi-Mäkelä, (Finnish weaver) for Helmi Vuorelma / TÄKÄNÄ Tapestry. Handwoven "HEDELMÅ wall carpet decorated with fruits in strong colors. Desig...

Rug, or tapestry, entitled “Les vitraux du bonheur”, abstract and on a beige background, realized from acrylic on action painting canvas. Hand-knotted and made of wool. On command. ...

Tapestry on silk by Fabbriziani and Calandra. Wildlife scene, drawn by Aloys zotl and taken from his bestiary. Aloys Zotl was an Austrian painter and dyer, between 1832 and 1887 he...

Karin Carlander, 2023 Green Shuttle Rug For Karakter Weaver and textile artist Karin Carlander interprets classic techniques as the backbone of her creative process. For the Shuttl...

Festive and elegant Susani embroidery, suitable for bed or table or wall. Silk embroidery on a cotton ground. B/ 2003 - cm. 213x 177.   

Enter the serene world of Nature Cutout, where vegetation blends with water and clouds rush by. For Femke, this scene brings peace and space to her mind. But beyond its beauty, Natu...

Colorful and playful painting by Noor Knip in acrylic on canvas, 1990. We are in love with the work of Noor Knip and are very pleased to see that so many ...

- Czechoslovakia - signed by author, marked ma manufacturer - perfect condition jr.

Large decorative fine handmade vintage artwork 20th century 1960's wall tapestry showing scenery of Bratislava city. with Danube river. Set in an impre...

Unique piece, signed, in perfect condition. Impressive and Superb Three-Dimensional Sculptural Abstract Tapestry This unique artwork stands out for its subtle interplay of volumes...

Made of non-woven textile (Airtag) by D. Švejdova. Signed. Marked by VUV Brno (Research Institut in Woolen) Very good original condition.

- rare type

1970's rare marquetry of leather tapestry in the style of Vasarely or Yacoov Agam Signed Fabrice

Rug, or tapestry, after a work by Kasimir Malevich entitled “Suprematist Composition 2” and dated 1915. Hand-knotted in Merino wool. Contemporary craftsmanship. Numbered 1/8. Surfa...

A tapestry represents the power and glory of Ukrainian earth. We've been exploring our past to recover Ukrainian craft techniques and bring back protec...

Underneath #2 Wall Sculpture by Delphine Cobbaert Dimensions: W 106 x D 3 x H 105 cm Materials: Wool, Linen, Jute, Horsehair. Delphine Cobbaert is a Belgian textile artist, designe...

A magnificent and rare French folk art wall tapestry, entirely handcrafted with exceptional finesse. This unique piece stands out for its soft, harmonious tones and its composition...

Exceptionally distinctive and fun vintage folk art wool wall hanging, exuding a captivating "Kilim" style portraying a knight from Normandy, France. Skillfully hand-woven, dating bac...

Rug, or tapestry, with spiral patterns and wool. Hand-knotted and in Merino wool. Can be installed on the floor or displayed on the wall. Contemporary work of craftsmen. Numbered 1/...

Wonderful original French Aubusson tapestry from ca. 1785 in good condition. The scenery is very well composed with a forrest, foliage and greens in the foreground, known as a "Verd...

Set Of 8 Iceland Sheepskin Wall Panels by Cuero Design Dimensions: W 30 x L 30 cm. Materials: Brown sheepskin. Available in different sheepskin color options. Prices may vary. Pleas...

Rug, or tapestry, representing colored circles, some circles with abstract shapes, on a beige colored background. Hand-knotted and in Merino wool. Can be installed on the floor or d...

Woven; Wall piece; Artwork; Mid-Century Modern; Tapestries; Contemporary Art; Craftsman This Hand-woven wall piece is a true conversation piece. The depth is created by layering d...

Silk Embroidered Portrait, Elderly Woman, Indochina / Vietnam, Mid-20th Century Features: Technique: Silk embroidery Subject: Portrait of an elderly woman Origin: Indochina (Vietnam)...

Tapestry of 1950s representing a bucolic scene with three figures. Elaborate weaving in shades of brown and orange with floreal decorations on the si...

In Between #2 Wall Sculpture by Delphine Cobbaert Dimensions: W 100 x H 207 cm Materials: Wool, Linen, Jute, Painted wood, Horsehair. Delphine Cobbaert is a Belgian textile artist,...