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Ilgich are small square embroideries created by Lakai & Kungrat girls to showcase their artistic talents. Traditionally part of a dowry to be displayed prominently in the home. It features circles and vegetal shapes in vibrant tones of yellow, orange, green, bright white and two shades of purple.
Vintage Lakai Ilgich - 2'5 x 2'3
$275.00 Sold out
A chyrpy is a long robe of embroidered silk that Tekke women wear over the head and shoulders with false, decorative sleeves. These are ceremonial garments to be worn on special occasions. This chyrpy features abstracted floral forms stitched in yellow, ivory aubergine and red silk on black ground. It is lined with cotton that is blockprinted with boteh and scrolling leaves.
Tekke Turkmen Chyrpy
$1,250.00 Sold out
needlepoint rug handcrafted in Europe. Features a nighttime scene of foliage, moths and stars that wrap both above and behind a blue rectilinear form. It is simple and straightforward yet still striking in its warmth and beauty. The forms are impeccably executed and stand out against the backdrop that shifts from olive green to indigo and back to olive green. Look closely to see the renderign of shadows behind the leaves stars. Wonderful use of shading and dimensionality.
Moths and Stars European Needlepoint - 1'9 x 3'10
$375.00
patchwork quilts. Tightly rendered and very refined for the type with excellent color selection including marled yarns intended to mimic the patterned fabrics traditionally found on patchwork quilts. 1959 Created by a very talented rug hooker and from the collection of the famed quilt and Americana collector Jonathan Holstein, known among things for his seminal exhibition at the Whitney Abstract Design in American Quilts in 1971.
Midcentury Quilt Inspired Hooked Rug - 4'10 x 7'
$3,500.00
This quilt was hand-sewn in North America during the early 20th century. It features a variation of the log cabin pattern in various hourglass shapes. The nine squares are composed of pieced-together patterned fabrics and backed with wonderful patterned fabric. In very good condi
Antique Log Cabin Quilt - 3'3 x 3'4
$350.00 Sold out
Crazy quilts are so-called
Antique "1896" Crazy Quilt - 5'6 x 6'8
$1,500.00
Crazy-quilting reached its peak in the late 1800s. This particular quilt was composed during the height of this movement and epitomizes the Victorian design sense. It features many symbols, a variety of fabrics and tiny detailed embroidered
Antique Crazy Quilt by "Mary Elizabeth Ward" - 4'5 x 5'4
$975.00 Sold out
19th century American crazy quilt. This particular quilt is composed of pieced together fabrics, sewn together with a decorative feather stitch. Very cheerful and fun, with polychrome stitching being and a variety of fabrics. The main colors in the fabrics are reds, blues, and grays. . Various flowers, a simple bird and the initials
Antique Crazy Quilt - 4'7 x 4'10
$850.00 Sold out
Antique NW Persian Shahsavan Mafresh fragment featuring a field of well-staggered octagons that float above a midnight blue ground. Each octagon is filled with a latch-hooked protection device in a spectacular range of contrasting but balanced tones of red, green, pink, purple, and blue. It is neatly framed on the top and bottom by thin and tight
Antique Shahsavan Mafrash Fragment - 1’5 x 1’8
$950.00
Antique NW Persian Shahsavan Khorjin fragment featuring a lovely field of wonky diagonal lines in various soft and patinated tones of red, pink, blue, green, and yellow. Framed by multiple small borders that include repeating rosettes, a classical meandering vine, and most interestingly a border of matching diagonals. Woven completely of hearty undyed brown wool which makes its presence known in the worn areas as well the coarse fringes.
Small Antique Shahsavan - 1’6 x 1’8
$350.00 Sold out
Antique Shahsavan Mafresh fragment featuring a central concentric latch hooked device in blues, green, and ivory on a red ground and flanked by strong and distinctive borders on top and bottom. Each segment features two minor borders of smooth
Antique Shahsavan Mafrash Fragment - 1’4 x 1'4
$750.00 Sold out
Antique Veramin bagface featuring central hooked device on a navy ground filled with various animals and protection symbols. Framed by a wide main border of multicolored eight-pointed stars on an ivory ground which is flanked by two minor borders of multicolored ovals on a soft red ground. It is finished with a slit kilim top and dotted skirt end. Nicely embellished with a salt and pepper weft float on end.
Antique Veramin Trapping - 1’8 x 3’5
$950.00
peruvian tapestry featuring a depiction of Andean life with three women walking in front of a snow-capped mountain. One woman has a small child strapped to her. They are all wearing traditional dress including distinctive hats.
Vintage Peruvian - 4’5 x 5’6
$375.00
Antique Bengal Kantha featuring a wild and asymmetrical scene with a small off-center mandala. It is full of various motifs from fish, horses, elephants, and people. The people can be seen in pairs stacked on top of one another, riding a horse and an elephant as well as inside a Vimana or flying palace. The whimsical borders add to the wonderful chaos as they completely shift from large floral symbols to rosettes and eventually to triangles in different sections.
Large Antique Kantha - 4’6 x 5'6
$750.00 Sold out
Silk Mid century Rabari camel cover featuring brightly colored applique in a very distinctive format. This format is made by the Rabari people of the Kutch region of Gujarat and specifically for a camel. In Fair condition with some wear and color run. Some of the fabric and metallic have worn down.
Mid Century Fine Camel Cover, Rabari People - 4’8 x 7’1
$850.00
Antique large Bengali Kantha featuring a repeat field of flowering vines and curving lines as a backdrop to a small off-center mandala and large-scale floral forms. The addition of a peacock and a Vimana or flying palace adds some serious interest. The large-scale floral forms almost feel like fireworks exploding in the sky. The whole composition is flanked by richly rendered paisley or
Antique Nakshi Kantha - 4'1 x 7'11
$1,750.00 Sold out