Vintage Chinese Textile, Red With Vibrant Geometric Brocade - Rug & Kilim

Details

Description

This 7x8 vintage Chinese textile and square rug is from an exceptional new curation in Rug & Kilim’s Tapestry & … Read more This 7x8 vintage Chinese textile and square rug is from an exceptional new curation in Rug & Kilim’s Tapestry & Textile Collection—a marriage of flatweave and brocading techniques, made with handwoven silk circa 1970-1980.

On the Design:

The play of flatweave and embroidery is also the play of ground and pattern, which lends this piece its fabulous high-low texture married to the geometric patterns in bright yellow, blue, green, and white atop the equally bright, deliciously saturated red undertone.

The motifs at play look to draw on archaic tribal motifs from classic ram’s horns to the hands-on-hips depictions, though seldom seen with such an arresting, maximized color even factoring in this tapestry’s provenance.

Admirers of the craft will note what an exceptional find such use of primary colors and vibrant, whimsical hues is for such a tapestry, even one so young as this, in such a good condition and clearly deft hand behind the fusion of weaves.

Keen eyes for detail will also note this piece’s use of the panel-weaving technique, as many larger area-rug-sized flatweaves and tapestries since the mid-century have employed.

This particular piece’s beauty is one of warmth and welcoming, with a subtle element of intricacy that speaks to its quality as much as its relative youth in retro textiles.

Condition:

This vintage Chinese textile enjoys exceptional condition with minimal wear for its age and origin—equally well-suited to flooring projects as a square kilim, though its intent is for wall-hanging projects. See less