Two Beautiful lengths of 18th century French silk imberline fabric with rich wide stripes of blue and yellow with tiny red and white stripes in-between. Due to table looms being expensive to make most were kept at a 22” width accounting for the 20” narrow ...

A beautiful 18th century Italian valance made with forest green silk velvet edged with a wide, 2 ¾”, gold metallic tape on top and 1” tape on the bottom. Finished along the bottom with the thickest gold eyelash fringe. Backed with a cotton green lining ...

An 18th century French silk brocaded table cover with a rare ground of royal blue woven with small silk polychrome flowers throughout. Edged in a small French silver metallic galon. Lined on the backside with a brilliant lemon yellow silk. Brocade is a rich silk ...

An Italian 1710 - 30 silk and silver metal brocaded lampas cover with symmetrical patterns of flower and leaves on a blue/green silk ground. Patterns such as these were typically nicknamed “ lace patterns” for they generally included areas of small scale “diaper ornament” that ...

A late 18th, early 19th century silk and wool woven French Aubusson tapestry border fragment depicting an urn on a table with an abundance of flowers and foliage. Edged with a period gold galon, lined and weighed on top and bottom for ease of hanging. ...

A little history: The Renaissance (French for "rebirth"), was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th through the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe. This “rebirth” is why you’ll see so much ...

A French or Italian 1710 - 30 silk and silver metal brocaded lampas cover with symmetrical patterns of flower and leaves on a melon/orange silk ground. Patterns such as these were typically nicknamed “ lace patterns” for they generally included areas of small scale diaper ...