SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN: WEAVING A FUTURE currently on view in our gallery
This serape was handwoven in central Mexico during the middle of the 20th century. A luminous Texcoco serape distinguished by its saturated indigo field and a well articulated central diamond medallion. The stepped, labyrinthine geometry—woven in crisp natural white and deep black creates a powerful visual anchor, while the serrated motifs and butterfly-like accents along the border add nice rhythmic movement.
"Texcoco" Serape - 4'4 x 6'3
$750.00
Silk & Metal Embroidery - 1'1 x 2'2
Silk & Metal Embroidery - 1'1 x 2'2
$95.00
Antique Century Geometric Coverlet - 5'3 x 7'6
Antique Century Geometric Coverlet - 5'3 x 7'6
$350.00
Saltillo serapes are typically celebrated for their explosive color and serrated diamonds, yet this example embodies a far rarer aesthetic restraint. Its monochrome palette highlights the quality of the hand-spun wool and gives the textile a modern presence that feels at home in both historical collections and contemporary interiors. The graphic language here anticipates the design vocabulary that would later define Mexican modernism. The patterning resonates especially with the iconic Mexico City Olympic
Black and White Saltillo Serape - 3'8 x 6'8
$1,250.00
This exceptional African American workwear quilt is constructed from a rich assemblage of early 20th-century utilitarian textiles, including striped and checked shirtings, plaids, chambrays, and heavier work fabrics. Pieced from worn garments and household cloth, the composition reflects a resourceful and deeply personal approach to textile reuse, where material scarcity gave rise to striking visual complexity.
Early 20th Century African American Work Wear Quilt - 5'5 x 6'9
$1,250.00
This elongated brocaded panel reflects the celebrated weaving traditions of Samugheo, the Sardinian village renowned for its mastery of pibiones “grain” weave and richly patterned household textiles. The central field displays repeated diamonds enclosing stylized stars, while the end skirts feature rare anthropomorphic figures that read either as a man and woman in union or dancers repeated in procession-like rhythm. Their presence evokes fertility, marriage, and communal celebration, suggesting the textile
19th Century Sardinian "Pibiones" Dowry Weaving - 1'10 x 6'3
$1,750.00
This vibrant ceremonial sari exemplifies the Rabari embroidery tradition of Gujarat. Worked on a lustrous silk ground, the field is covered in hand-embroidered satin-stitch dots in jewel tones of magenta, saffron, and ivory, echoing the region’s famed bandhani aesthetic. The richly decorated end panel features dense floral and geometric embroidery in silk floss threads, highlighted with mirror insets, symbolic of protection and celebration within Rabari culture. Such pieces were created as dowry or ceremoni
Embroidered Ceremonial Silk Sari (Rabari People) - 3'1 x 16'6
$850.00
This exceptional quilt draws from the Mennonite tradition of bold geometric design. The classic LeMoyne Star, an eight-pointed star pattern introduced in America in the 19th century, is repeated and shaded to create a striking tumbling-block illusion across the entire field. The piecing demonstrates remarkable precision, with diamonds crisply aligned to build a rhythm of cubes and stars that shift depending on the viewer’s eye.
Mennonite Lemoyne Star Quilt - 6'5 x 6’5
$950.00
graphic american log cabin quilt
Graphic Log Cabin Quilt - 4’6 x 5’5
$1,250.00
This embroidered textile is a well-preserved example of late Ottoman Armenian domestic needlework, likely produced in the town of Marash (modern-day Kahramanmaraş, Turkey) at the turn of the 20th century.   The embroidery is executed in silk floss using satin and couching stitches across a black cotton ground.  It features concentric floral medallions, stylized birds and serrated leaves in lively blues, greens, red, pink, purple, yellow and ivory. Notably, two guardian-like anthropomorphic figure
Antique Marash Embroidery - 4’2 x 5’5
$1,500.00 Sold out
This rare small-format suzani was handcrafted in either the Nurata or Shakhrisabz region of Uzbekistan during the middle of the 19th century. It is exquisitely embroidered in silk on a luminous cochineal dyed silk ground. The floral composition features scrolling vines and stylized palmettes in rich jewel tones. Likely made as a dowry chest cover or ceremonial cloth this suzani is backed in Russian roller print trade cloth. 
19th Century Nurata Suzani - 2’6 x 3’8
$1,800.00
The craftsmanship is exceptional, blending the visual grammar of Ottoman imperial iconography with devotional Sufi aesthetics. The embroidered script, with its sweeping thuluth curves, dances across a symmetrical field of symbolic ornament, producing an effect both meditative and majestic.
19th Century Ottoman Felt Embroidery - 4'2 x 5'9
$1,500.00
This barkcloth was made during the first half of the 20th century in New Ireland, Papau New Guinea. This powerful barkcloth is a rare example of narrative textile art from Papua New Guinea—one that speaks in sacred symbols and cosmological sequences. Likely associated with the spiritual movements known as “cargo cults,” which emerged in response to colonial disruption, the piece tells a story not of conquest but of reversal.
New Guinea Bark Cloth Painting - 3’6 x 4’2
$2,500.00 Sold out
This charming late 19th-century redwork quilt is a captivating snapshot of American domestic life, hand-stitched in 1889. Executed in signature turkey red thread on a cotton ground. It is composed of whimsical, illustrative embroidery blocks—each individually rendered with delicate linework and heartfelt imagination.
"1889" Red Work Quilt - 6'4 x 6'4
$950.00
A festive Guatemalan tzute, vividly woven with striped ground in red, green, and purple tones. The textile is enlivened by repeated brocaded figures of horse and rider, depicted in bright contrasting colors of yellow, green, blue, pink, and orange each wearing a wide-brimmed hat and rendered in a bold, geometric style.
Vintage Embroidered & Woven Guatemalan Tzute - 2'1 x 3'1
$275.00
A bold highland huipil woven with striking contrast of deep purple and brick red. The upper section is patterned with vivid zig-zags in pink, green, and turquoise, while the lower body panels feature a calmer striped red ground. Woven on a backstrap loom, this piece balances geometric energy with grounding simplicity, making it both a traditional garment and a statement textile.
Vintage Purple & Red Guatemalan Huipil - 1'11 x 2'2
$225.00