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Tapestries For Sale
Antique Japanese Textile Art Campaign Jacket Jinbaori with Mon
Located in Atlanta, GA
Known as Jinabori during 16th century when warfare was common in feudal Japan, the sleeveless jacket was created to be worn outside of the armor by samurai warriors. In addition to s...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Silk
Yei Navajo Figural Double-Sided Flat Weave Wall Hanging, 1930 Round Heads
Located in Basingstoke, Hampshire
A Yei Navajo Figural double-sided flat woven wall hanging - circa 1930. Displaying five standing figures on an deep speckled grey ground, framed by a red border.
The Yei iconography is related to Navajo religious sandpaintings. Navajo religion has a reverence for nature and is based on maintaining a balance in the universe. It was believed that there was a sense of harmony needed to maintain a healthy life. Should an individual do something to upset this balance, then it was believed that an illness might befall them. Much like in the modern-day, a medicine man was hired to help regain this harmony. The remedy involved a combination of chanting, herbal medicines and a sandpainting ritual. Various coloured sands were sprinkled on the ground until they formed a specific Yei (holy person), based on the god he was trying to summon. When the sandpainting was completed, it was sanctified by spreading corn pollen over it.
Once the sacred sandpainting had served its purpose, it was erased. To save it or reproduce its imagery was dangerous and could bring serious grief to anyone who retained the image.
During the 1890s, the Navajos phased out blanket weaving in favour of rugs. There was strong demand from the vast migration of settlers, building homes by the thousands, who needed something to cover their floors. The first Navajo rug depicting holy people...
Category
Early 20th Century American Tapestries
Materials
Fabric
Vintage Tapestry by Barbara Rae Schaefer. 4 ft 9 in x 5 ft
By Barbara Rae Schaefer
Located in New York, NY
Vintage "Voice of a Dead Sea Scroll" tapestry by Barbara Rae Schaefer, country of origin: United States of America, date: circa late 20th century. Siz...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Two Framed Pre-Columbian Textile Fragments Inca Culture Peru
Located in Atlanta, GA
Two pre-Columbian textile fragments presented in wood frames. Handwoven in colored yarn, possibly camelid fibers, these pieces were from Inca period circa 15-16th century. One panel is a classic Inca weave that was likely part of a mantle or cape. It has a multi-panel design with eight-point stars alternating with stylized animal and homomorphic figures, steps-design and abstract scrolling patterns. The second one features a multiple stripe design also with eight-point star and a mysterious figure sandwiched between stripes of geometrical patterns and plain borders. Presenting in a thin gilt wood and a carved dark wood frame...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Peruvian Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wood
Contemporary The Hunt tapestries in Aluminium by altreforme
By Matteo Cibic
Located in Calolziocorte (Lecco) Italy, IT
"The Hunt" is a whimsical exploration of love and creativity where thin sheets of aluminum are used as a canvas to create beautiful three-dimensional naturalistic decorations, inspir...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Tapestries
Materials
Aluminum
French Tapestry, Jacquard Paris - Pastoral Scene - 2.15m x 1.24 - No. 1611
Located in Paris, FR
No. 1611 - Tapestry, Jacquard Paris - Pastoral Scene - 2.15m x 1.24m
This magnificent tapestry has undergone a thorough cleaning, hand-lined with 100% linen fabric, and meticulous i...
Category
20th Century French French Provincial Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Intersection I, II, III by Dalia James
By Dalia James
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Dalia James is a London based artist and designer. She graduated from Loughborough University with a degree in Woven Textiles (BA Hons). As a hand-weaver, the connection between her...
Category
2010s English Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Bamboo
Grand Scale Flemish 18th Century Country House Painted Toile Wall Hanging
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
A grand scale country house Flemish 18th Century hand painted toile wall hanging.
These hand painted wall hangings were commissioned by large country houses and castles to line the c...
Category
1730s Antique Tapestries
Materials
Canvas, Linen
Mid-century modern large wall decoration, Finnish wall art by Pirkko Hammarberg
Located in Skarpnäck, SE
A very rare and astonishing textile art on a very large scale, this is a very large double length handwoven Scandinavian handwoven woolen wall hanging, all made by one of Finland's m...
Category
1960s Finnish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Linen
A Framed Faux Stumpwork Tapestry, Late 18th / Early 19th Century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
A Framed Faux Stumpwork Tapestry, Late 18th / Early 19th Century
The oval tapestry depicting a couple and a dog passing through an archway from wooded to architectural land.
Height...
Category
Early 19th Century Dutch Antique Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
Textured macrame wall hanging, Spain, 1970s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Superb macramé wall tapestry made in Spain in the 1970s. Large format. Handmade tapestry composed of different textures and materials creating unique patterns and reliefs. All the ro...
Category
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Ruhlmann Large Tapestry with floral Details
Located in Berlin, DE
Large tapestry designed by Émile-Jacques Ruhlmann. It depicts a lattice pattern from flower-sprouting threads on a dark blue background, with repeating floral motifs inside each latt...
Category
1910s French Art Deco Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Thread
18th C. Antique French Tapestry Wool
Silk 49cmx38cm Fine Tree Design 1X2
Located in New York, NY
This antique 18th-century wool and silk tapestry features a repeating verdure composition with stylized trees framed by ornate scrollwork and soft vegetal motifs. Its warm golden ton...
Category
18th Century French Arts and Crafts Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Large-Scale Contemporary Wool Tapestry by Alfhild Külper
Located in New York, NY
A 7 foot wide hand tufted and embroidered tapestry. Titled "Dream Entrance" the piece evokes the tapestry of the Northern Renaissance, updating it with soft blues and greens. The wor...
Category
2010s Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Native Kiowa 19th Century Pictorial Child
s Teepee
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Child's teepee depicting highly graphic battle scene painted on brain tanned deer skin. This piece was acquired from Wilma Silvey, age 89, in 2005, white woman, was handed down through her husband's family, Joseph Silvey (Silverfish). His father was "Long Hair Hanging" (Kiowa Comanche) and his mother...
Category
Late 19th Century American Native American Antique Tapestries
Materials
Other
Huge Hand Woven Wool Wall Tapestry in Chocolate/Charcoal Tone
Located in North Miami, FL
This amazing large wool tapestry with chunky knots and weavings hanging on a custom gilt wood rod is nearly 9 feet long and nearly 6 feet wide. Wha...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Mexican Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Fiber Art Tapestry, Macrame, Woven Wall Hanging, CLAMOR COLORIS Tamar Samplonius
Located in Schagen, NH
CLAMOR COLORIS is a macrame / woven fiber art tapestry (wall hanging) created by Tamar Samplonius.
'Clamor Coloris, a bold dialogue of color, this work sets calm green-blue tones ...
Category
2010s Dutch Organic Modern Tapestries
Materials
Metal
20th Century Museum Tapestry/Gobelein
Located in Berlin, DE
20th Century Museum Tapestry/Gobelein
Impressive and monumental tapestry. 20th century finely woven tapestry. Probably France.
An extensive lands...
Category
20th Century French Tapestries
Materials
Wool
1970
s marquetry of leather tapestry by Fabrice
By Fabrice
Located in Bois-Colombes, FR
1970's rare marquetry of leather tapestry in the style of Vasarely or Yacoov Agam
Signed Fabrice
Category
1970s French Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Leather
Antique 1874 Child
s Needlepoint Sampler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique needlepoint sampler by Mary Morgan dated 1874 with words:
"When my father and my mother forsake me then the Lord will take me up...
Category
19th Century American Folk Art Antique Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Thread, Glass, Wood
Pretty antique large french handwoven Aubusson tapestry « Swan attacked by dog »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of this large early 20th century French Aubusson tapestry featuring a captivating design inspired by the 18th-century verdure tapestries.
This tapest...
Category
Early 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wool
19th Century Chinese Framed Needlework in Silk
Located in Lambertville, NJ
A framed silk needlework consisting of hand made pieces of 19th century Chinese clothing in a fine custom frame and matt.
Category
1880s Chinese Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Glass, Giltwood
Joanna Salska Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
A painterly woven textile by Joanna Salska. This piece along with the other two were acquired from the Southland corporate collection.
Category
1980s Vintage Tapestries
$4,500
Emile Gilioli “Pure Aggression” – Wool Tapestry – Handwoven in France
Located in New York, NY
Emile Gilioli "Pure Agression (Agressivité pure)" Tapestry
Adorned with the vibrant hues and intricate craftsmanship of Aubusson tapestry, "Pure Aggression" stands as a testament to ...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Vintage Aubusson-Style Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
Vintage Aubusson-style tapestry is a celebration of the bounty of the earth, with amazing fruit and floral designs incorporated into the border which surrounds the splendid still lif...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Renaissance Revival Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Contemporary It’s All a Game darts board tapestry Alfie Furry Friends
Located in 1204, CH
Emphasising the positives of the gamification of life, not necessarily the competition, but more so the play. In seeing life as play, and each task as a game to prepare and develop u...
Category
2010s Dutch Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique French Tapestry 1
2" x 4
5"
Located in New York, NY
Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth...
Category
19th Century French French Provincial Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
$3,920 Sale Price
20% Off
Ishoku Perspective 01 by Mae Engelgeer
Located in Geneve, CH
Ishoku Perspective 01 by Mae Engelgeer
Limited edition of 5.
Dimensions: D 0,5 x W 85 x H 180 cm.
Materials: Igusa straw.
Ishoku Perspective wall panels.
Graphic compositions ...
Category
2010s Dutch Post-Modern Tapestries
Materials
Other
$6,077 / item
Gesture cc-tapis Stroke 1.0 Handmade Lilla Rug in Wool by Sabine Marcelis
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stroke by Sabine Marcelis the Stroke collection was really about creating a singular gesture as a rug. A simple brush stroke which highlights the extraordinary craftsmanship of woven...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Pre-Columbian Chancay Gauze Textile with 12 Animals, Ex-Kate Kemper
Located in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon
Large, rectangular section of loosely woven cotton in an open, net pattern weave. Bears three complete selvedges and has 12 square sections, each containing a horned animal with curled tail surrounded by a meandering, geometric border. Excellent condition. Backed on black cotton.
Kate Kemper, of London and Switzerland (1908-2004) was an early collector of Andean art, forming an important collection of ceramics and textiles after visiting Peru. Her comprehensive collection was formed in Europe and exhibited in various museums including Ancient Peruvian...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Pre-Columbian Antique Tapestries
Red Yellow Orange and Brown Vintage Rya Rug Wall Hanging
By Ege Rya
Located in Chattanooga, TN
This striking vintage Scandinavian Rya rug functions beautifully as either a wall hanging or area rug. Its vivid palette of red, orange, yellow, and brown creates a rhythmic geometri...
Category
1970s Scandinavian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Yarn, Wool
Sans Titre, Tapestry by Maison Pinton, from a Pierre Dmitrienko painting
By Pierre Dmitrienko, Maison Pinton
Located in Paris, FR
Sans Titre, Aubusson tapestry, Made by Ateliers Maison Pinton, from Pierre Dmitrienko. Wool, H 203 x L 173 cm / H 79.9 x W 70 in. Limited Edition of ...
Category
2010s European Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique Sampler, 1815, by Ann Platt Aged 11
Located in Chelmsford, Essex
Georgian Sampler, 1815, by Ann Platt. The sampler is worked in silk threads on a linen ground, mainly in cross stitch. Meandering floral border. Colours green, blue, gold, silver, pi...
Category
1810s Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Pretty mid century Brutalist Macrame tapestry boats design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing a Modern Design meets Neo Classic with a touch of Bohemian flair! Elevate your space with our exquisite macramé hangings. Crafted from natural materials like cotton rope,...
Category
Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
“Allégorie en Musique” Figurative Tapestry Signed “René Fumeron”
By Rene Fumeron
Located in Beirut, LB
Beautiful decorative vintage tapestry signed by René Fumeron.
Entitled “Allégorie en musique”. The tapestry exhibits subtle imperfections in certain areas...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Art Deco Tapestries
Materials
Canvas
Framed Dutch 18th Century Silk and Metal Thread Embroidery
Located in Basildon, GB
An antique Silk and Metal thread embroidery.
Three 18th century figural vignettes surmounted by an armorial device, all in coloured silks and with metal thread borders. The somewhat...
Category
Mid-18th Century Dutch Rococo Antique Tapestries
Materials
Metallic Thread
Vintage Yellow Black Red Blue Artist Jan Cremer Art Rug. 8
1" x 6
7"
By Jan Cremer
Located in New York, NY
A breathtaking yellow, black, red and blue color vintage artist Jan Cremer art rug, country of origin / Rug type: Indian rugs, circa date: Vintage / mid-20t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
16th Century Enghien Dutch Wool Silk Flora Fauna Tapestry
Located in Miami, FL
16th Century Enghien Dutch Wool Silk Flora Fauna Tapestry
Offered for sale is a rare and earl Dutch Enghien Workshop tapestry from the second half of the 16th century. The tapestry...
Category
16th Century Belgian Dutch Colonial Antique Tapestries
Materials
Metal
Framed Chinese Antique Textile Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A spectacular antique Chinese embroidery panel dated from Qing dynasty (circa 19th century), professionally framed with linen mat, pur...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wood
Framed Antique Chinese Textile Groups Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A group of three antique Chinese textiles, arranged and professionally matted and framed. The museum quality display includes two similar pouches symmetrically flanking a fan case...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wood
Antique William Morris
Squirrel
Merton Abbey Jacquard-Woven Wool Tapestry
Located in Milan, IT
William Morris (1834-1896) was the leading figure of the British Arts and Crafts movement. He was responsible for many innovations in the textile arts of the period, by reviving trad...
Category
Late 19th Century English Arts and Crafts Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Vintage Mid-Century hand knotted wool tapestry “femme et oiseaux” by Joan Miro
Located in Beirut, LB
Beautiful marked tapestry of the Spanish artist/painter Joan Miro based on his painting Femme et Oiseaux (1966).
A playful, experimental approach of art is characteristic for Miros w...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Paint, Wool
Framed Antique Two-Piece Chinese Embroidery Winter Jacket Ensemble
Located in Atlanta, GA
This two-piece set of Chinese antique winter coat and a neck warmer ensemble circa 19th century (late Qing dynasty) is presented in two matching giltwood shadow boxes. Tailored in light auberge silk with thick padding, the attire was reserved for cold winter weather, which was common in Northern China. The surface is masterfully adorned with embroidery of silver threads. Although the color pallet was nearly minimalistic compared to many other colorful embroidery work at the time, the contrast of silver on auberge background is visually stunning and exudes a noble air of elegance. Floral and foliage motifs are showcased in neat arrangement across the coat and ocean waves and coral rocks...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tapestries
Materials
Giltwood, Silk
Huge Vintage Orange and Yellow Scandinavian Rya Shag Area Rug Runner
Located in Chattanooga, TN
A spectacular vintage Scandinavian Rya shag runner in radiant tones of orange and yellow, this piece embodies the bold spirit and tactile luxury of 1970s Nordic textile design. Handw...
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Collection of Three Framed Coptic Textile Fragments
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of three antique textile fragments displayed in various frames from an estate collection in US. It consists of a blue on white woven panel presented in a metal frame. Th...
Category
15th Century and Earlier European Archaistic Antique Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wood
Large Scale N’dop Display Cloth Panel
Located in London, GB
A very large scale N’dop display cloth panel made of strips of indigo dyed mixed fibre cloth tie dyed with typical designs. With the original red and green...
Category
1950s Cameroonian Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Fabric
A mounted rare mid twentieth century ewe cloth
Located in London, GB
A mounted special woman’s ewe cloth from south east Ghana with floating motifs, each with a proverbial meaning over strips of blue and green alternated with warp faced blocks of yell...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ghanaian Tribal Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Nigerian Striped Cloth
Located in London, GB
A very unusual cloth woven in shades of blue with coral and ivory stripes.
This type of cloth is woven to celebrate the coming of age of girls in the village.
Conservation mounted on...
Category
1930s Nigerian Vintage Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
$4,388 Sale Price
20% Off
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « Hunting with hounds »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a hunting with hounds scene.
A noble pastime and a favorite pastime of the great men of the time,...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton, Acrylic
Fiber Art Tapestry, Macrame Wall Hanging, PATH OF LIFE by TAMAR SAMPLONIUS
Located in Schagen, NH
Path of Life is a study on organic forms combined with geometric design, combining two techniques – weaving and macrame – to create an interesting fiber art tapestry.
A few things i...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Tapestries
Materials
Steel
Japanese Brocade Noh Costume Kimono Robe Meiji Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Noh costume made from magnificent silk twill brocade woven with metallic gold threads circa 1930s. The robe is identified as "Atsuita", made for male actors in the Noh play. The luxuriant fabric has a deep blue background with golden interlocking hexagon pattern that resembles tortoise shells, the symbol of longevity. The motifs showcase three auspicious symbols in repetitive patterns: roundels of coiled dragon, phoenix and peony. The kimono robe...
Category
20th Century Japanese Meiji Tapestries
Materials
Brocade, Silk
Range Felted Wool Wall Piece by Mary Brōgger
Located in Geneve, CH
Range felted wool wall piece by Mary Brogger
Unique piece.
Dimensions: D 18 x W 279.5 x H 101.5 cm.
Materials: Hand-dyed felted wool.
Made to order. Sizes and prices vary.
Ma...
Category
2010s American Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
$28,535 / item
Macrame Wall Hanging, Fiber Art Tapestry, FLOW - dunes by TAMAR SAMPLONIUS
Located in Schagen, NH
FLOW is a fiber art tapestry made out of hundreds of knots, a technique also known as macrame.
The design is an exploration of form and texture, examining the interplay between fluid...
Category
2010s Dutch Modern Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Wood
Kennedy Bahia, Wall Tapestry, c. 1960, Wool, Half cross stitch 102 x 133 cm
Located in PARIS, FR
Kennedy Bahia (1929–2005)
Wall Tapestry, c. 1960
This vibrant wool tapestry by Kennedy Bahia, signed at the bottom left, features the artist’s iconic Jardin Onirique (Dream Garden) t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Tapestries
Materials
Wool
19th Century Assiniboine Beaded Bandolier
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Genuine native Assiniboine fully beaded bandolier bag with full pocket. Floral and leaf design with green bugle bead drops ending in pompoms. Full...
Category
1890s American Native American Antique Tapestries
Materials
Beads
Wonderful French Valance Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful late 19th century Aubusson Valence tapestry from Napoleon the third period, with nice floral design and beautiful colors, entirely and finely handwoven with wool and s...
Category
Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique French Tapestry Circa 1900 in Soft Autumnal Colors
Located in Port Washington, NY
This enchanting antique tapestry beautifully illustrates the remarkable depth and richness that was perfected by French artisans of the 19th-20th century. A remarkable Tapestry displ...
Category
Early 20th Century French Aubusson Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Framed Antique Embroidery Chinese Textile Qing Dynasty Provenance
Located in Atlanta, GA
A piece wonderful antique textile fragment from China, circa 19th century Qing dynasty, artistically displayed in a giltwood frame with white ...
Category
19th Century Chinese Chinese Export Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Giltwood
Bargello Flamestitch Silk Embroidery Florence Spetchley Park Bed Curtains Pair
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
Spetchley park, Bargello, silk, bed curtains adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century
• The use of silk, patterning and size suggests that these striking Bargello hangings were almost certainly conceived as bed curtains. In the Green Chamber at Parham House the State Bed is hung with Bargello curtains, pelmets and valences c1620. Like the Parham bed curtains, the Spetchley Park bed curtains have two horizontal pattern repeats in each drop. Needless to say, surviving bed curtains from this period are exceptionally rare as they had value as hangings and for upholstering domestic objects when removed from the bed.
• The Spetchley Park bed curtains are really beautiful and luxurious. They were made as elite objects and have not lost their gravitas or their character and charm.
• The Spetchley Park bed curtains were adapted into wall hangings in the 19th century. They are versatile and could easily be reinstated as curtains or panels within larger curtains.
• Bargello work has a classic timeless quality to it and blends with most decorative schemes whether period or contemporary
Each panel is made from two sections of bargello. The step (pattern) comprising two rows of short vertical stitches over two threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down with two rows of long vertical stiches over six threads of graduating numbers of stitches up and down. Worked in graduating shades of blue, green, brown, red, tan and ivory silks on a hessian ground. The four edges of each hanging are faced with a 19th century, dusky pink fan...
Category
1620s Italian Baroque Antique Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Bobyrug’s Very Beautiful Embroidered Antique Pair of Curtains
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Wonderful pair of curtains from late 19th century, with beautiful floral design at borders, embroidered with silk on wool velvet foundation.
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Category
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Shop Vintage Tapestries on 1stDibs
Whether you hang them behind your bed as a dazzling alternative to a headboard or over the sofa as a large-scale focal point in the living room, vintage tapestries can introduce an array of textures and colors to any space in your home.
Woven wall hangings haven’t consistently enjoyed the popularity or earned the highbrow status that other types of wall decorations have over the years, at least not since the 1970s, which was somewhat of a heyday for tapestries. Today, however, these tactile works of art are seeing a renaissance, as modern weavers are forging new paths in the medium while the demand for antique and vintage tapestries continues to grow.
“We are drawn to texture in environments, and we see tapestries as a subtle layer of soft ornament,” says Lauren Larson of the New York design duo Material Lust. Indeed, and a lot of opportunity comes along when decorating with this distinctive brand of soft ornament.
Think of wall hangings as paintings created by hand with fabric instead of oil or watercolors. If you’re not simply securing your treasure to a wall with nails, pushpins or Velcro, tapestries can be stretched over a frame, used to create a canopy in a cozy living-room corner, hung from a rod or placed inside a shadowbox. And because this kind of textile art is hundreds of years old, options abound with respect to subjects and designs.
For richly detailed depictions of landscapes and garden scenes, look to antique Chinese tapestries and Japanese tapestries. Aubusson tapestries are ornate wall hangings manufactured in central France that are also characterized by romantic portrayals of nature. For weavers of mid-century modern tapestries, as well as those working in textile arts today, the styles and subject matter are too numerous to mention, with artists exploring experimental shapes, bold colors and provocative abstract designs.
Antique, new and vintage tapestries can make a room feel warm and welcoming — find yours on 1stDibs now.
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