Yorke Antique Textiles offers decorative and rare antique textiles from around the world.
Antique textiles, embroideries, tapestries, weavings, needlepoint, ikat, silk pictures.

Yorke Antique Textiles


19th century Chinese Embroidery picture
Roger Yorke
127 Park Street
Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada B2N 3J5



Browse our Gallery



World antique textiles

From the Far East, we have Miao ceremonial cloths and bedsheets, a Miao ceremonial Chiefs Robe, many Miao baby carriers, several Chinese export embroideries, an embroidered Fukasa, a serving tray embroidery, a Kesi hanging, and an embroidered screen. Our central Asian antique textile stock includes several Samarkand Bolinpush suzani, a Tashkent Suzani, a colorful jajim, an Uzbekistan Silk Ikat Quilted bedspread, several Rescht Tent Embroideries and kalamkari, as well as a Persian brocade panel. From India and southeast Asia are listed a Paisley shawl, a painted hanging, a wedding shawl, and a plangi breast wrapper. The old Ottoman Empire centered in Turkey provides us with Ottoman Embroideries in the form of a tablecloth, cover, sash, and vest front. From the high Andes of South America are listed Aymara iscayu tari, llacota, awayu, Banded wallas, and a Calamarca ponchito.
rare 19th century Asian plangi shawl
European antique textiles

European antique textiles include an embroidery hanging, shawl, and panel; crewelwork panel, picture, pillow and hanging; brocaded tablecloth and doily set; needlepoint fragment, chair cover, valence, picture and firescreen; a toile panel, an appliqué picture, felted flannel blanket, silk mourning picture, a loomed panel, a Spanish mantilla, and a wonderful Verdure tapestry.


Or click here to visit our website !



Yorke Antique Textiles © 2005
member, TROCADERO