Crewel English Embroidery Tapestry Tree of Life Circa 1780 -1820

Description

This stunning crewel English late 1700 early 1800 hundreds large embroidery tapestry is made out of wool on rustic linen … more This stunning crewel English late 1700 early 1800 hundreds large embroidery tapestry is made out of wool on rustic linen and represent a very sophisticate tree of life , with exotic animals , butterflies and insects, the flowers all over very surrealist reminds strongly the paisley designs so sophisticated , the animals a dear , rabbit and more brings with the plants an subtile exotisme as this subject has it s origin in orient , India etc... the tree itself is splendid with a landscape at the bottom that present very attractive colors , popular in Europe those expensive textiles were copied in order to respond to the high demand , indiennes printed textiles were created so embroideries in that style , crewel embroideries did not escape that fashion and followed the style and this for centuries .
The piece we present today is a perfect exemple of all this , the colors are vivid and extremely well preserved, with a backing , the size 67 "H on 44" W is large enough to create a stunning wall hanging tapestry , like a piece of art this will blend in any decor and any styles less