Renaissance Tapestries
RENAISSANCE STYLE
Spanning an era of cultural rebirth in Europe that harkened back to antiquity, the Renaissance was a time of change in design. From the late 1400s to the early 1600s, Rome, Venice and Florence emerged as artistic centers through the expansion of global trade and a humanist belief in the arts being central to society. Antique Renaissance furniture was ornately carved from sturdy woods like walnut, its details standing out against the tapestries and stained glass adorning the walls.
Renaissance chests, which were frequently commissioned for marriages, were often decorated with gilding or painted elements. Those that were known as cassoni were crafted in shapes based on classical sarcophagi. As opposed to the medieval era, when furniture was pared down to the necessities, a wide range of Renaissance chairs, tables and cabinets were created for the home, and the designs regularly referenced ancient Rome.
Large torchères of the Renaissance era that were used as floor lamps were inspired by classical candelabras, while marble surfaces evoked frescoes. The inlaid boxes being imported from the Middle East informed the intarsia technique, which involved varying hues of wood in mosaic-like patterns, such as those by architect Giuliano da Maiano in the Florence Cathedral.
Tapestry-woven cushion covers accented the variety of Renaissance seating — from conversation to study chairs — while bookcases for secular use reflected the migration of culture and knowledge from the church into the home. The aesthetics of the Italian Renaissance later spread to France through the publishing of work by renowned designers, including Hugues Sambin and Jacques Androuet du Cerceau. Centuries later, the 19th-century Renaissance Revival would see a return to this influential style.
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Style: Renaissance
Contemporary French Tapestry La Foret De Clarmarais
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary Flemish style tapestry, made in France, depicting a rustic creekside scene with foot bridge the background. The tapestry is in entitled La Foret De Clairmarias ( The ...
Category
Late 20th Century French Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
French Point de Loiselles Tapestry Le Jardin De Bagatelle
Located in Winter Park, FL
A large French Point de Loiselle Renaissance style tapestry, or wall hanging, entitled "Le Jardin de Bagatelle" after a fresco over a fireplace at the Château de Fontainebleau near P...
Category
Mid-20th Century French Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Antique 18th C Flemish Renaissance Scenic Tapestry
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
Antique 18th C Flemish Renaissance Scenic Tapestry
Category
18th Century Scottish Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Giltwood
16th century Brussels tapestry - The Story of David
Located in Bruxelles, BE
16th century Brussels tapestry
The Story of David
Brabant, 16th Century
Monogram at the bottom left.
320 x 250 cm
This splendid Brussels tapestry, crafted from wool and silk during ...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Tapestry in the Style of van Orley Depicting Hercules
By Bernard Van Orley
Located in London, GB
Antique tapestry in the style of van Orley depicting Hercules
Continental, 19th century
Height 234cm, width 200cm
Inspired by a series of tapestries titled ‘The Spheres’ created by...
Category
19th Century European Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Beautiful Old World Style Figural European Tapestry
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Beautiful richly colored and detailed woven tapestry which is a reproduction of a 14th century French tapestry of period dressed figures picking grapes at...
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1950s Belgian Vintage Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Pair of Antique Tapestry Borders from Flanders, circa 1580
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful pair of tapestry fragments, hand-woven in Flanders (now Belgium), circa 1580. At roughly 132 inches (11 feet) long, the fragments were, originally, vertical borders to a very large and brightly colored tapestry. The colors have maintained their vibrancy over the last 400+ years, with deep blue, brown, green, and red accents over a gold and cream background.
Although the fragments do not have identical scenes, it is readily apparent that they originated from the same source. At the top of each fragment is a bearded warrior clad in golden armor with a flowing blue cape and green greaves. A shield rests on the ground, supported by the soldier’s left hand, while his right hand lifts a spear into the air. Towards the center of the textile is a pair of musicians, one strumming a lute, while the other plucks a lyre. At the bottom of each tapestry is a single female figure, well-dressed and sitting on a bench with one arm overhead. The remaining areas have been filled with fruit bouquets, architectural elements, and other figurative representations. A more recent navy blue border surrounds the scenes and the backs have been lined with a mauve colored linen.
Our hand-woven tapestry borders...
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16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Textile, Wool, Silk
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 8 inx 11 ft 3in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Biblical Scene Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 8 in x 11 ft 3 in (3.25 m x 3.43 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
17th Century Antique German Tapestry. 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in
Located in New York, NY
Small 17th Century Antique German Biblical Tapestry Depicting David And Abigail, Country Of Origin: Germany, Circa Date: 17th Century. Size: 1 ft 8 in x 1 ft 8 in (0.51 m x 0.51 m)
Category
17th Century German Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Flemish Hand-Woven "Feuilles de Choux" Tapestry, Silk and Wool
Located in Firenze, FI
Provenance: Oudenaarde manufacture, Flanders, Mid-16th Century
Tapestry wool and silk texture
Dimensions 340/330 x 340/338cm
Extremely rare piece
In good condition
Washed and lined
It is a typical Flemish tapestry "with large leaves", well preserved, woven with green, yellow and brown yarns whose colors have remained fresh and intense. The market and collectors in recent decades have greatly re-evaluated tapestries with "large leaves", appreciating their high decorative value and ability to blend in with modern furnishings.
Our tapestry belongs to a very particular subcategory of the "feuille de...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 11 ft 4 inx12 ft 10in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish King Solomon Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 11 ft 4 in x 12 ft 10 in (3.45 m x 3.91 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Flemish Hand-Woven "Feuilles De Choux" Tapestry, Silk and Wool
Located in Firenze, FI
Provenance: Bruges or Enghien, Mid-16th Century.
Tapestry wool and silk texture
Dimensions 225 x 190cm
Extremely rare piece
In excellent condition
Washed and lined.
This Flemish tapestry "with large cabbage leaves" was woven with mainly green , but also red and pink yarns. It is very rare both for its small size, it is in fact complete with its borders, and for the atypical decorative system compared to the Flemish "Feuilles De Choux...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wool
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 2 in x10 ft 9in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 2 in x 10 ft 9 in (3.1 m x 3.28 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Tapestry with Forest Landscape
Located in Evanston, IL
A fine and rectangular tapestry woven in tan and rust tones with green. In the center is a forest landscape.
Made of wool and silk.
Category
Late 19th Century English Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Vintage Venetian Renaissance Style Brocade Panels, 100% Silk, Italy, C.1970's
Located in Chatham, ON
Rare and grand Venetian Renaissance style silk brocade panels (two panels per length - total of three sets available as one continuous length or sold separately) - opulent woven patt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Italian Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Silk
PERINO DEL VAGA 'After', Important Flemish Grotesque Tapestry, Circa 1550
Located in Chatham, ON
Important - 16th century - grand scale - museum quality - Renaissance period - antique Flemish finely woven grotesque tapestry panel in wool and silk - after designs by PERINO DEL VA...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
16th Century Flemish Tapestry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A magnificent Biblical tapestry in wool and silk likely made in the Flemish weaving center of Oudenaarde. With a history of tapestry production dating to 1368, the city created some of the finest tapestries of late Medieval and Renaissance Europe that were widely sought after across the continent. The 16th century...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, Landscape Scene Wall Hanging
Located in Dallas, TX
76928 Late 19th-Century Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, Landscape Scene Wall Hanging. This hand-woven silk and wool late 19th-century antique French Aubusson verdure tapestry depicts a landscape scene of the French countryside. Displaying dense foliage, greenery, fauna and flowers, this verdure tapestry portrays a tranquil setting. The floral scroll and bird border seamlessly blends into the pictorial scene without taking away from the majestic style. An outer border composed of a zigzag chevron add interest and a pop of color. Rendered in variegated shades of brown, ecru, taupe, pale green, slate blue, red, pink, lavender, beige and charcoal. The hues of brown range from chocolate brown to lighter shades of brown reflecting a fallow color to sand. Other colors range from ecru (greyish-pale yellow or a light greyish-yellowish brown) to old gold (yellow color that varies from light olive or olive brown) and hues of olive and sage green. With its commitment to tradition and heart full of whimsy, this antique Aubusson wall hanging...
Category
Late 19th Century French Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Vintage Italian Tapestry Swan in the Lake, Renaissance Style Wall Hanging
Located in Dallas, TX
74749, swan in the Lake Italian tapestry wall art hanging. This Italian jacquard vintage wall tapestry depicts a graceful swan in the lake by a bridge...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique Square 16th Century Gold Brown Flemish Renaissance Tapestry Nobleman
Located in New York, NY
Tapestries were ubiquitous in the castles and churches of the late medieval and Renaissance eras. At a practical level, they provided a form of insulation and decoration that could be easily transported. In addition, the process of tapestry weaving, where every stitch is placed by hand, enabled the creation of complex figurative images on an enormous scale.
This is an excellent example of 16th century Flemish Renaissance Tapestry...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Silk, Wool
Vintage Belgian Venetian Renaissance Canal Scene Tapestry with Rococo Style
Located in Dallas, TX
74926 Vintage Belgian Venetian Tapestry with Venice Renaissance Canal Scene and Victorian Rococo Style 02'03 x 03'02. Drawing inspiration from a comb...
Category
Mid-20th Century Belgian Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique Belgian Tapestry. Size: 8 ft x 9 ft 6 in
Located in New York, NY
Marvelous Antique Belgian Tapestry, Country of Origin / Rug Type: Belgium, Circa date: 16th century. Size: 8 ft x 9 ft 6 in (2.44 m ...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique 16th Century Navy Blue and Gold Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A Flemish Renaissance Biblical Tapestry
16th century
In an open architectural setting, the central crowned and enthroned female figure flanked by three handmaidens, a fourth to the left urging a boy towards a kneeling woman on the right with an apple in her right hand, on the left a wooded landscape with a man walking in the distance, a man striking another over the head in the mid-ground, and a man, a woman, and a handmaiden approaching the scene in the foreground, on the right a man gesturing while others flee up a staircase and out of the scene, within a flower and fruit cluster surround punctuated along the top and bottom edges by balustrades and sphinxes, and along the sides by a figure, a mask, and a beaded and crowned man...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Silk, Wool
Late 19th Century Flemish Wool Tapestry, Circa 1890s
Located in New York, NY
This traditional style Verdure hanging shows a closeup leafy plant still life, with two oak trees in full leaf behind, and a placid pond with low hills along the horizon. Shades of g...
Category
1890s Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Jewish Tapestry Depicting Lots Flight From Sodom, Flemish 18th Century
Located in Charleston, SC
Notable 18th century Flemish Tapestry Depicting the Biblical Account (Genesis 19) of Lots Flight from the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah with Lot...
Category
18th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique 17th Century Flemish Mythological Tapestry Mercury Janus Sabine Women
Located in New York, NY
A museum quality piece, this is an exquisite example of a 17th century antique Flemish mythological tapestry depicting Mercury, Janus, and the Sabine Women...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
16th Century, Flemish Storied Wood Tapestry
Located in IT
16th century, Flemish storied wood tapestry
Flanders Brussels
The beautiful and precious tapestry, of fine workmanship and made with wool yarns, was made in the 16th century in F...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Manufacture Robert Four, Printed Tapestry after a 16th Century Tapestry
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Manufacture Robert Four.
"Baillée of the roses"
silkscreen printed tapestry on woven wool after a 16th century tapestry.
Category
1950s French Vintage Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique 16th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry with Angel
Located in New York, NY
Tapestries were ubiquitous in the castles and churches of the late medieval and Renaissance eras. At a practical level, they provided a form of insulation and decoration that could be easily transported. In addition, the process of tapestry weaving, where every stitch is placed by hand, enabled the creation of complex figurative images on an enormous scale.
This 16th century antique brussels tapestry...
Category
16th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
21st Century Recreation of an 18th Century Verdure Style Tapestry
Located in Secaucus, NJ
A graceful verdure style tapestry in the style of those woven in the 18th century at Aubusson, one of the chief tapestry weaving towns in 18th century France. This landscape scene is...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Chinese Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Grand 17th Century Oudenaarde Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
Grand 17th century Oudenaarde tapestry is a work of art that only the masters of Flanders could produce. Works from the region were in demand the w...
Category
Late 17th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Felmish Tapistry 17th Century from Brugge
Located in Brussels, Brussels
Fine Flemish tapestry from Brugge from the 17th century
This fine tapestry depicting a mythological scene of a woman spied by two old men.
Very inte...
Category
17th Century Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Late 19th Century Wall Hanging Depicting Don Quixote
By Adolf Schrödter Schwedt
Located in Doornspijk, NL
Magnificent wall hanging made in the late 1800s.
It has been embroidered according to the image of a painting made by Adolf Schrodter Schwedt (1805-1875) which was called "Don Qui...
Category
Late 19th Century European Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Antique 16th Century Pergola Tapestry with Vase of Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Antique pergola tapestry handwoven in wool and silk in Bruges, Belgium in the mid-16th Century.
Pergola tapestries are typified by a harmony between ...
Category
18th Century and Earlier Belgian Antique Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wool, Tapestry
Vintage Large Hand-Woven Renaissance-Style Wall Hanging Tapestry
Located in Germantown, MD
Tapestries LTD. Large hand woven Renaissance style wall hanging 55" x 78". Excellent condition. Tapestries LTD is one of the world top tapestries manufacturing companies and famous a...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Renaissance Tapestries
Materials
Fabric, Cotton, Linen
Renaissance tapestries for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Renaissance tapestries for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage tapestries created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, rugs and carpets, more furniture and collectibles and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with fabric, wool and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Renaissance tapestries made in a specific country, there are Europe, Belgium, and France pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original tapestries, popular names associated with this style include Atelier Robert Four, and Aubusson Manufacture. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for tapestries differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $775 and tops out at $285,000 while the average work can sell for $15,290.
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