1850s Aubusson French Tapestry Pillow With Floral Bouquet

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This beautiful antique tapestry pillow is created from a historic French Aubusson-style tapestry fragment featuring an elegant arrangement of scattered … Read more This beautiful antique tapestry pillow is created from a historic French Aubusson-style tapestry fragment featuring an elegant arrangement of scattered flowers and flowering branches. The composition is set against a wonderfully aged olive-gold ground, allowing the colorful botanical elements to stand out while maintaining the soft, sophisticated character associated with antique European textiles.

The design features large stylized blossoms and smaller delicate flowers arranged asymmetrically across the surface. Warm coral, salmon, faded red, dusty pink, cream, ivory, pale yellow, muted green, teal, brown, and touches of burgundy appear throughout the floral decoration. The surrounding field has developed a rich combination of antique gold, mustard, olive, camel, and tobacco tones through natural aging.

The textile displays considerable historic character, including visible fading, thinning, scattered worn areas, small losses, exposed weave, old repairs and stitching, and variations in the surface. These age-related characteristics give the pillow a beautifully timeworn appearance and emphasize the authenticity and individuality of the antique textile. The large square format makes it an especially attractive statement pillow for a sofa, bed, armchair, or layered collection of antique textiles. See less