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Item Ships From: Milan
Rare Pair of Japanese Meiji Period Silver Thread Embroideries on Silk Velvet
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and exquisite pair of antique Japanese embroideries woven during the Meiji period (1868-1912), at a time when the Japanese arts and crafts had been discovered by a selected fe...
Category
1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silver Leaf
Embroidered silk relief tapestry depicting the clash of two ryu dragons
Located in Milano, IT
Silk tapestry embroidered in relief with polychrome threads, depicting the clash between two ryu dragons.
The composition is framed by a band decorated with the mon of the clan to w...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silk
Antique Soft Teal Chinese Qing Dynasty Silk Brocade with Auspicious Symbols
Located in Milan, IT
Woven in the age of the third Qing Emperor Yongzheng (1722-35), this delicately coloured precious silk brocade is embellished by three parallel and offset rows of children holding a cornucopia of auspicious symbols. In the first horizontal row, the child is holding in one hand a closed lotus flower, symbol of honesty, goodness, beauty and purity, and in the other a stick which a pair of coins, an element belonging to the group of Eight Precious Things. The following row depicts the child holding on one hand the Paintings, one of the four symbols of literature and science, and a peach blossom on the other, a flower associated with Spring and rejuvenation. In between this main pattern we see an alternation of the bat motif (symbol of good luck), the plum blossom (symbolising the faithful, the resolute and the holy) and the butterfly (symbol of love, freedom, romance and beauty).
The subtle polychromy of soft tones of green and peach is punctuated with touches of royal Chinese blue...
Category
Early 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silk
Tibetan Tsukdruk Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Rugs woven in this particular type of cut-loop technique follow a tradition which dates to the earliest forms of pile weaving. Each of the four panels is woven individually and are t...
Category
1930s Chinese Tibetan Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Light Yellow Chinese Art Deco Square Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by an unusual all-over grid pattern on a soft lemon yellow background, this carpet is an example of the eclecticism of Chinese weavings in ...
Category
1930s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Rare Room Size Open Field Antique Tibetan Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A unique and elegant Tibetan carpet in a large format, most probably commissioned at the time for a special purpose. The neutral open field is framed by a series of borders, the larg...
Category
1880s Tibetan Tibetan Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Antique Geometric Chinese Rug with Polychrome Lozenges
Located in Milan, IT
A fine Peking type carpet woven by an honeycomb arrangement of polychrome lozenges with an almost random color distribution.
Carpets of this type are representative of an early 20th...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Art Deco Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Mint Antique Imperial Chinese Ningxia Throne Back Cover with Lion Dogs
Located in Milan, IT
A rare example of Ningxia Chinese throne back cover of Imperial quality in pristine condition. A true gem distinguished by a plethora of shades of red, ...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Rare and Early Khotan Rug with Two Niches
Located in Milan, IT
I don’t know of any other East Turkestan rug with only two niches, displayed here in a sort of yin yang. The outstanding palette, consisting of three shades of red, blue and green, i...
Category
Early 19th Century East Turkestani Khotan Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Early Chinese Carpet with Stylized Lotus Flowers and Leaf Stems
Located in Milan, IT
The extremely rare and monumental, ivory background large carpet shown here is decorated by an harmonious pattern of blue and light blue scrolling lotus flowers connected to each oth...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Chinese Ming Antique Textiles in Milan
Throne Back Cover with Lion Dogs
Located in Milan, IT
A rare example of Ningxia Chinese throne back cover of Imperial quality in pristine condition. A true gem distinguished by a plethora of shades of red, blue...
Category
Early 19th Century Chinese Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Rare and Unusual Antique Kashgar Rug with Mughal Pattern
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare small format, very finely knotted antique rug from the oasis of Kashgar, located in eastern Turkestan. Distinguished by a unique soft red background and by an all-over pattern consisting of a trellis containing a directional floral blossom motif characteristic of the Indian Mughal Dynasty...
Category
Early 19th Century East Turkestani Ming Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Nambu Rug
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual Tibetan rug woven with the wool yarn obtained by unravelling the so-called 'Nambu' skirts, which are typically decorated by multicolored stripes. The unravelled ya...
Category
1920s Tibetan Tibetan Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Fine Antique Peking Chinese Blue Open Field Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The fine carpets of Peking represent the other end of the spectrum of Chinese textile art, expressing a late Qing dynasty aesthetic that is based o...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Minimalist Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Rare and Antique Geometric Ivory Mongolian Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Today Mongolian carpets are highly appreciated for the geometric character of their design and for their neutral palette, which is often centred on an ivory/dark colour combination. ...
Category
Mid-19th Century Mongolian Tibetan Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Antique Silk Yarkand Throne Cover Rug with Opposing Dragons and Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A very fine and rare antique throne back cover from Yarkand, in eastern Turkestan, hand knotted entirely in pure silk. A true gem of a weaving, with that perfect balance of colour an...
Category
Early 19th Century East Turkestani Khotan Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silk
Embroidered silk relief tapestry depicting a pair of phoenixes in flight
Located in Milano, IT
Silk tapestry finely embroidered in relief with polychrome threads, with a pair of pastel-colored phoenixes in the center on a sand background, amid volutes of stylized clouds.
The ...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silk
A silk tapestry embroidered in relief depicting a dragon and a kirin
Located in Milano, IT
Embroidered silk relief tapestry depicting a dragon and a kirin in the clouds.
A silk tapestry embroidered in relief with polychrome threads, depicting two mythological figures: a r...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silk
Fine Antique Imperial Chinese Red Silk Rug with Phoenixes
Located in Milan, IT
A very rare silk Ningxia carpet with an unusual lacquer red background decorated at the centre by a large phoenix and surrounded by four smaller phoenixes in the corners. The phoenix...
Category
19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silk
Pair of Silk Blankets or Embroideries, Qing Dynasty
Located in Milano, IT
This spectacular pair of silk fabrics, dating back to the 19th-century Qing dynasty, is a precious example of the ancient Chinese art of embroidery. The fabrics are adorned with embr...
Category
Early 1800s Chinese Chinoiserie Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Silk
Open Field Ivory Art Deco Chinese Rug, 1930s
Located in Milan, IT
From the large output of Chinese carpets from Tianjin during the 1930s, only a very few are decorated by geometric patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these extremely ra...
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Antique Chinese Rug with Abstract Design
Located in Milan, IT
The painterly effect obtained by mixing varying proportions of ivory and indigo wool is peculiar to this family of northern Chinese weavings. As most of them were sourced directly in...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Antique Machine in Wood for Wool
Located in Milano, IT
Antique machine to work wool made entirely of wood, from the beginning of 900, Italian manufacture.
The structure is typical of the machines of the pa...
Category
1890s Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Iron
Early Chinese Ningxia Rug with Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and beautiful early Chinese carpet characterized by an infinite repeat of parallel and offset rows of blue and ivory lotus blossoms, symbols of purity, on a two-tone yellow ba...
Category
Early 17th Century Chinese Ming Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Minimalist Art Deco Chinese Rug 1930's
Located in Milan, IT
The painterly effect obtained by mixing varying proportions of ivory and indigo wool is peculiar to this family of northern Chinese weavings. As most of them were sourced directly in...
Category
1930s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Art Deco Chinese Carpet by Nichols & Co.
Located in Milan, IT
Only a very limited group of the carpets woven during the thirties at the Tianjin city looms are decorated by geometric patterns typical of the Art Deco period. Some of these rare pi...
Category
1920s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Rare Mughal Dynasty Summer Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
Summer carpets are silk embroideries on a cotton background used as by the Mughal court as unique floor spreads for important guests during special occasions.
This particular example...
Category
1680s Indian Agra Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Modernist Geometric Chinese Rug, 1930's
Located in Milan, IT
A rare and unusual carpet woven in two colors with an all-over pattern of square devices. Although it was originally sourced in China, carpets of this type were influenced by the Eur...
Category
1930s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Museum Quality Antique Chinese Pillar Rug with Lotus Flowers
Located in Milan, IT
A very unusual long and narrow pillar rug, decorated by large lotus flowers with tracery in a manner reminiscent of Ming period weavings. It is very finely ...
Category
Late 19th Century Chinese Ming Antique Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
1930s Art Deco Chinese Rug with Abstract Design
Located in Milan, IT
This rare and unusual carpet, which is perhaps more reminiscent of a contemporary painting than a weaving, is decorated with a 'salt and pepper' effect through the miscellany of red ...
Category
1930s Chinese Art Deco Vintage Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Antique Tibetan Wangden Rug with Red Open Field
Located in Milan, IT
A fairly unique example of monochrome Wangden rug, the latter being distinguished by the characteristic warp-face back. Typical for the group is the use of lanolin-rich wool which im...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tibetan Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
Shabby Chic Distressed Vintage Chinese Carpet
Located in Milan, IT
Distinguished by a large central element obtained from a stylization of the 'Shou' Chinese ideogram, symbolizing infinity, this glorious carpet is further characterized by a soft tau...
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Chinoiserie Textiles in Milan
Materials
Wool
