20th Century Textiles

Silk decorative accent pillow with Baroque Moorish decor gold velvet applique in front of the pillow, Light orange and gold silk velvet applique on cream...

Large panel swatch Design 105 dating to Frank Lloyd Wright’s original 1955 collection for Schumacher. Extremely rare original large scale fabric, with surged edges to facilitate long...

This large Yei Navajo Indian weaving pillow has a grey linen backing. The insert is down & feather fill.

Enormous Hollywood Regency style Hermès "Torana" silk stuffed pillow. One out of a large collection of vintage throw or show pillows with the original Hermès tag in fine condition. T...

Set of 4 throw pillows designed by the late Steve Chase. He picked a beautiful bright, modern Ikat print for a living room in Palm Springs, CA. I belie...

Miriam Shorr was a water colorist as well as a talented needlepoint artist. All the work she did was to her own design, as she used the yarn in much the same way she used paint. She also worked in ink on rice paper, including the shore birds and the street scape...

Vintage French Workwear Jackets Blue Jackets (Small). Adolphe Lafont is credited with the creation of the first classic French workwear jacket, in the mid 19th Century. The 'Bleu d...

Simply elegant, with an accurate drawing in pastel colors. all hand embroidered. On the wall, on the table, on the sofa it brings happiness and serenity. ref. B/2002.

Royal House Antiques Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this set of four George Smith velvet sofa or armchair scatter cushions with feather filled internals A love...

This antique Suzani consists of all hand-embroidery work, with vibrant colored silk threading.

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

A rarer design on this suzani embroidered on orange colored background from Tashkent Uzbekistan. Borders missing.

Mid-Century Modern Lucite and brass Bipartite curtain rod with brackets, vintage. 40’’ each, connects at middle, includes 3 brackets.

Bauhaus Style vintage pillow with a multicolored embroidery cover on both sides with Bauhaus geometric design and comes with an insert. A wonderful pillow with hand made woolen embro...

This pair of Navajo Indian weaving pillows are in amazing muted colors and have linen backings.The inserts are down & feather inserts.Sold as a pair.

Commonly known as Bogolan or Bògòlanfini, this cotton textile was hand spun, handwoven, then dyed through a technique that has been passed down in the Bamana region of Mali for centu...

This 1940's Amish fan doll quilt in fantastic condition with little ties.Found in Ohio.

Suzani tapestries are a type of embroidered textile that originated in Central Asia, and were popular throughout the Ottoman Empire. These decorative textiles were hand-crafted by sk...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool rug cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish rugs, each piece is one-of-a-ki...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool rug cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish rugs, each piece is one-of-a-ki...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool rug cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish rugs, each piece is one-of-a-ki...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool rug cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish rugs, each piece is one-of-a-ki...

Pair of Middle Wave Mira X fabric curtains by Verner Panton 1973 Very good vintage condition, no fading. Lined with brown fabric. 2 pieces of 175cm wide and 240cm high Ready to ...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish hemp kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool rug cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish rugs, each piece is one-of-a-ki...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

Set of 4 French Victorian beige square Aubusson pillows with soft brown and rose details of floral garlands and a bull with a faceted center image of a bird with its wings spread. (P...

French Provincial Floral needlepoint square pillow It measures 16 x 16 inches. Please note that it ships flat without insert.     Complimentary shipping in the Continental US!

This suzani is embroidered on a silk background. It is an early 20th c example of probably Ferghana Valley suzanis in Uzbekistan.

Neutral tones in this cotton and linen vintage textile from Africa. Eyelet design and linen patchwork on both ends. Great as a bed cover or for a sofa. This textile was sourced i...

African Mali tribal textile circa 1950. Handwoven, vegetable dyed cotton. We only select the best. This soft textile was sourced in the spirit of Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese philosophy ...

Antique Indian Agra rug pillow; size 1'8” x 1'8”. An antique decorative pillow with floral elements allover a salmon central field, size 1'8” x 1'8”. This lovely decorative pillow...

Amazing Navajo Indian weaving Ganada pillows in a geometric pattern.Sold as a pair and both pillows have burg velvet to match each.

Antique Decorative English Needlepoint Rug Pillow, size 1'10" x 1'6". An antique decorative square pillow, size 1'10" x 1'6", with one side ...

Bring history and warmth into your home with this vintage handmade Turkish wool cushion cover set. This pair of cushion covers is carefully crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkis...

Bring history and warmth into your home with this vintage handmade hemp cushion cover set. This pair of cushion covers is carefully crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims...

Bring history and warmth into your home with this vintage handmade Turkish wool cushion cover set. This pair of cushion covers is carefully crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkis...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

Vintage Persian pillow; size 1'5” x 1'5”. A vintage decorative pillow with geometric abstracts motif in a light brown central field, size 1'5...

Vintage Persian pillow; size 1'6” x 1'9”. A vintage decorative pillow with geometric abstracts motif in a light brown central field, size 1'6...

Frank Lloyd Wright for Schumacher Design 103: Wood Brown and Brick Red extended curtain panel or drape. Fully lined. Can be used as-is or repurposed for a number of projects. Extr...

Early Navajo Indian geometric weaving pillow with a black leather backing.The insert is down & feather fill.

This lovely pair of vintage floral tapestry pillows adds a touch of timeless charm to any traditional or country-inspired decor. Made with 19th century tapestry from Aubusson, France...

Antique Indian Agra carpet pillow; size 1'3” x 1'3”. An antique decorative pillow with geometric abstracts allover a cream central field, size 1'3” x 1'3”. This lovely decorative ...

Bring history and warmth into your home with this vintage handmade natural hemp cushion cover set. This pair of cushion covers is carefully crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkis...

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool rug cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish rugs, each piece is one-of-a-ki...

African Mali indigo textile circa 1950. Handwoven, vegetable dyed cotton. We only select the best. This soft textile was sourced in the spirit of Wabi-Sabi, a Japanese philosophy th...

This fine hand woven Mexican weaving is in fine as found condition.Note the fine detail work and it has a mohair backing.The insert is down & feather fill.

Bring history and warmth into your home with this vintage handmade Turkish wool cushion cover set. This pair of cushion covers is carefully crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkis...

Vintage French Workwear Jackets Blue Jackets (Medium). Adolphe Lafont is credited with the creation of the first classic French workwear jacket, in the mid 19th Century. The 'Bleu ...

a small mid-20th-century Moroccan geometric runner Details rug no. j4826 size 2' 3" x 6' 7"  

Super rare and impressive pair of large cotton ''gordijnstof' curtains, designed in 1963 by world renowned Dutch painter and sculptor Karel Appel (1921-2006) for the textile company Hermann Hartman & Co of Amsterdam. This extremely rare, original repeat print textile is documented in the Stedelijk museum's textile collection under object nubmer KNA 1998, please see image 2. Each curtain measures 56.7" X 83.85" (144cm X 213cm). 'Gordijnstof' translates as "curtain fabric" confirming that this textile was originally designed by Appel specifically for use as curtains however being of such an impressive dimension these examples could equally be used as wall hangings ,as photographed, or mounted on both sides of a screen or mounted and framed as an art work in its own right , a practice which is becoming increasingly commonplace as high end textile designs by important artists are becoming increasingly valued , appreciated and sought after in the marketplace. Appel's paintings and sculptures can be found in the collections of some of the world's most prominent museums including the Museum of Modern art in New York and Tate Modern ,London. Each curtain is of a very impressive scale with each measuring 56.7 " (144 cm) X 83.85" (213cm). The curtains are signed on the banding KUNSTENAAR DESSIN ONTWERP Karel Appel, HARTMAN PRINT, AMSTERDAM. Another of Appel's designs for Hermann Hartman,Amsterdam can be found in the collection of the national textile museum in Holland. Please see image 9. Even a small sample of this 1963 textile in good condition would be hard to find today but to find two large scale Appel curtains intact and in beautiful unfaded condition with no staining or fraying must be next to unique today. This is a very rare find and certainly a unique opportunity. Image 10 shows Karel Appel in his atelier in New York in 1966. Provenance: These curtains come from the private collection of a retired Professor from Oxford,UK. Biography: Karel Appel was an Expressionist Dutch painter. He was a member of the famous Cobra, the European group of the late 1940s to early 1950s, which promoted spontaneous expressionism and abstract features in painting. Appel's paintings incorporate applications of vibrant, violent colors often possessing a primal, childlike quality or a schizophrenic innocence. Later in life, Appel turned to creating figurative sculptures. Examples of his work can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, Boymans-Van Beuningen Museum, Rotterdam, and other collections. Expressionist painter Karel Appel made a name for himself in the world of painting by creating a majestic collection of highly distinguishable work for which he became internationally renowned. From the start, art curators could not ignore Appel's work, which has been exhibited at major museums around the world, including New York's Museum of Modern Art, the Manhattan-based Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and the Tate Gallery in London. Though Appel is widely recognized as one of the best-known Dutch Expressionist painters of all time, he was also a passionate printmaker, sculptor, and ceramicist. Karel Appel’s childhood and early life Christiaan Karel Appel was born on April 25, 1921, in his parents’ house at 7 Dapperstraat, Amsterdam. His father, Jan Appel, owned a barbershop. His mother, born Johanna Chevalier, was a descendant of French Huguenots. Karel Appel had three brothers. He studied art from 1940 to 1943 at the Rejksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, the Royal Academy of Fine Arts during the German occupation and befriended young painter Corneille and, some years later, Constant. His parents opposed his choice to become an artist, leading him to leave home. This was also necessary to hide himself from the German police so that he would not be picked up and sent to Germany to work in the weapon industry. Appel produced his first real painting on canvas, which was a still life of a fruit basket at the age of fourteen. On his fifteenth birthday, his wealthy uncle Karel Chevalier gave him a paint set and an easel and some lessons on painting. Career. In 1946, his first solo show was held in Groningen, Netherlands. He also participated in the Jonge Schilders exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam nd created a buzz in the art world, as it generated a huge scandal and many objections in the press and public. About this time, Appel was influenced first by Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse, then by the French brute-art artist Jean Dubuffet. In 1947, he started sculpting with various used materials and painted them in bright colors such as white, red, yellow, blue and black. Karel Appel became the member of Nederlandse Experimentele Group in Holland along with the young Dutch painters Anton Rooskens...

Bring history and warmth into your home with this vintage handmade Turkish wool cushion cover set. This pair of cushion covers is carefully crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkis...

Early hand woven Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillows.The backing is fine suede leather and down & feather fill.

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish hemp kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...

Gorgeous burgundy red silk pillow decorated with floral embroidery and tassels. Duck feather down inserts.

Add a touch of history and warmth to your space with this vintage handmade Turkish wool kilim cushion cover. Crafted from authentic hand-knotted Turkish kilims, each piece is one-of-...