American Sampler

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1900: item #718868
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An American sampler showing animals, a house, trees, and even a tea kettle, with the alphabet. Dated 1862. The condition is not perfect; some of the stitching (the house's roof)is gone. A serrated-like border is hidden in the old gilt frame. In as found condition we describe as fair. Site is 12" X 8 1/2" and the frame make 13" X 10" RL*

Pennsylvania Quaker Sampler c1826

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1837 VR: item #689230
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A beautifully done Pennsylvania Quaker sampler, featuring three sets of the alphabet, two bushes, an urn of flowers, birds and dogs, and the verse:

Let the most blessed be my guide
If it be his blessed will
Unto his vale into his fold... Click for details

Selection of Matted Antique Japanese Textile Samples

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1920: item #681797

Selection of Matted Antique Japanese Textile Samples

Mitchell Sotka Ltd. offers a vast selection of antique Japanese textile samples. They are handsomely matted for tasteful display. The textile range in materials from silk to linen to cotton. The stylized patterns range in color and ornamentation. These pieces are ready to hang and will complement several design tastes. Please inquire for further informatio... Click for details

Fine Thai Tempera Scroll Painting with Buddha

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1920: item #675207

Beautiful Thai Tempera Scroll Painting depicting the Lord Buddha flanked by 2 Disciples in adoration; some wear due to age, but good condition and very decorative with proper lighting.

Fine Thai Tempera Scroll Painting of Kinaree Angels

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1920: item #675203

Stunning Tempera Wall Hanging/Painting depicting two Kinaree Thai Angels, some wear due to age, but in good condition and highly decorative with proper lighting. Size: H.195cm x W.83cm

Fine Thai Tempera Scroll Painting with Ganesh

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1920: item #675201

Beautiful Wall Hanging/Painting depicting Ganesh, some wear but good condition and highly decorative with good lighting. Size: H. 210cm x W. 83cm

19th C. Hand Colored Botanical Print in Gilt Frame

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1900: item #644636

Exceptional 19th Century Hand Colored Botanical Print in a Gold Gilt Frame, Saraca Declinata, Peint d'apres nature par Madame Berthe Hoola van Nooten, a Batavia Chronolith, par G. Severeyns Lithograph, De L'Acad. royal de belaique, 29" X 22.5" (including the frame). The age of exploration also marks the beginning of gardening as a passion throughout Europe. The concept of making prints from metal plates originated in Germany and Italy. Copper engraving, and later copper etching, allowed artists ... Click for details

Tin Double-Sided Shoe and Boot Sign, c. 1910

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1920: item #616423

This is a painted metal, double-sided sign depicting a boot and a shoe. It evidently hung outside a shoe shop, and is virtually identical on both sides, with one side being only slightly more worn that the other. It measures 20" x 14 1/2" and bears the scratches and wear of use, but is essentially in good condition.

Antique Aubusson Tapestry Panel, Summer

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1900: item #590555

Elegant Antique French 18th Century Aubusson Tapestry Panel representing "Summer", the deep rose gound decorated with naturalistic garlands and rinceaux, centering an oval medallion with the reclining figures of Ceres and a flower-bearing child extended on a wooden stretcher. 40" X 92" The history of tapestry weaving is continuous. In the 5th cent. A.D. and in the centuries immediately afterward, monasteries and convents were the centers of the craft. By the 15th cent., tapestry weaving had re... Click for details

Fine Italian 19th Century Tapestry

Antiques: Decorative Art: Textiles: Hangings Pre 1900: item #587908
1840

This richly executed mid 19th century Italian tapestry depicting romance in a Spanish town square scene during market time is mounted and framed in an old hand carved wood frame. Featuring a woman selling fruit to a man and his mounted wife. A Prince courting his lover, and a squire courting a maid. This fine tapestry is made of Picardy and Arras wool, Italian silk and Cypriot gold and sliver gilt thread. Circa 1850. h. 22" w. 39".