Pillowry Inventory Number: 4351-1

Antique kilim pillow.
Origin: Anatolia. Turkey
Size: 21"X 23"
Age: late 19th/early 20th c.
Wool. Canvas baack. Down filled.
Tapestry weave. 

This is the front of a finely woven "khorjin" saddle bag.  The dyes are rich natural hues. This would grace the floor in front of a hearth or decorate a couch.

Price: $600.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4351-2

Kilim mafrash pillow
Origin: Anatolia, Turkey
Size: 22"X 23"
Age: Late 19th/early 20th c.
Tapestry weave and continuous brocading front. Canvas back. Down filled.

This was the reverse side of the "khorjin" seen in 4351-1.It was used for storing special possessions while on migration or in the black tent. It is a very beautiful weaving that brings a memory  of folk art with it.

Price: $500.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 1365. 

Antique Indo-Isfahan rug pillow
Origin: Persia..
Size: 12"X 15"
Age: 17th c.
Knotted wool pile. Velvet back. Down filled.

From a fragment of a classic Indo-Isfahan carpet.This captures the  elegance of a significant  period carpet. It will enrich any environment.
Condition: Worn and wonderful.
Price: $550.S O L D

Pillowry Inventory Number: 1001 

Mafrash pillow
Origin: NW Iran.
Size: 18"X 19"
Age: Early 20th c.
Wool.Hand woven. Canvas back.

This is the reverse of a figured mafrash kilim  from the Shahsavan people. Although it was woven in the early 20th century in a traditional culture, it has a stark modern design.
Price: $125.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4344 

Mafrash pillow
Origin: NW Iran.
Size: 18"X 19"
Age: Early 20th c.
Wool.Hand woven. Canvas back. 

These richly saturated colors are from natural dye materials. The face of the pillow, in soumac technique, was part of a mafrash woven by a Shahsavan woman, probably for her dowry.
PRICE;: $250.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 1149 

Mafrash soumak pillow
Origin: Shahsavan
Size: 11" x 15"


From a Shahsavan bag panel. Soumak technique. Wool. Canvas back
PRICE;: $180.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 1002 

Mafrash pillow
Origin: NW Iran.
Size: 18"X 19"
Age: Midy 20th c.
Wool.Hand woven. Canvas back.

This is the reverse of a mafrash kilim  from the Shahsavan people. Lovely shades ofundyed sheeps' wool.
Price: $100.

# 1147 Turkmen rug pillow. 12"X16"

Origin: Turkmenistan. late 19th c.

Natural dyes.Wool. Hand-knotted pile. Velvet back.

Price: $180.

#1151 Turkmen rug pillow.. 12"X15"

Origin: Turkmenistan. late 19th c.

Wool. Natural dyes. Hand-knotted pile. Velvet back

Price: $180.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4373

Antique tapestry pillow.
Origin: Flemish
Size: 22"X 23"
Age: Mid 17th c. (c. 1650)
Wool. Velvet back. English tassel trim. Down filled.
Tapestry weave. Hand woven on a "basse-lisse" horizontal loom.

Many great tapestries survive only in fragmentary condition. And this fragment is definitely from a great tapestry, probably part of the wide border of a tapestry that hung in a grand hall. The fruit and the fauna in rich hues will give you pleasure each time you pass their way. This is one of a group of three; they can be purchased separately.
Condition: excellent
Price: $2550 each.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4374

Antique tapestry pillow.
Origin: Flemish
Size: 22"X 23"
Age: Mid 17th c. (c. 1650)
Wool. Velvet back. English tassel trim. Down filled.
Tapestry weave. Hand woven on a "basse-lisse" horizontal loom.

Many great tapestries survive only in fragmentary condition. And this fragment is definitely from a great tapestry, probably part of the wide border of a tapestry that hung in a grand hall. The fruit and the fauna in rich hues will give you pleasure each time you pass their way. This is one of a group of three; they can be purchased separately.
Condition: excellent
Price: $2550 each.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4375

Antique tapestry pillow.
Origin: Flemish
Size: 22"X 23"
Age: Mid 17th c. (c. 1650)
Wool. Velvet back. English tassel trim. Down filled.
Tapestry weave. Hand woven on a "basse-lisse" horizontal loom.

Many great tapestries survive only in fragmentary condition. And this fragment is definitely from a great tapestry, probably part of the wide border of a tapestry that hung in a grand hall. The fruit and the fauna in rich hues will give you pleasure each time you pass their way. This is one of a group of three; they can be purchased separately.
Condition: excellent
Price: $2550 each.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4356

Michelangelo Pillow
Origin: Italy
Size: 20"X20"
Age: New
Velvet. Cotton. Down filled.
Image is silk screen transfer.

Price: $480

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4235
Tapestry and velvet pillow
Origin: France.
Size: 18"X 18"
Age: Early 20th c.
Hand woven tapestry panel inset in velvet.

The antique tapestry panel is surrounded by early trim and the pillow is finished with variegated ball fringe.

Price: $375.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4236.

Antqieu tapestry and velvet pillow
Origin: France..
Size: 17"X 18"
Age: Tapestry - 10th c..
Tapestry woven panels in velvet surrouds. 

Price: $375.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4357. 

Michelangelo pillow
Origin: Italy.
Size: 20"X20"
Age: New.
Image is silkscreen. Velvet. Down filled.

A handsome head painted by Michelangelo on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. This head, an "ignuti" was one of a group forming the corners of a frieze. .

Price: $480.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 4316&4315. 

Antique Tapestry pillow
Origin: Brussels.
Size: 14"X 15"
Age: 17th c. (300 years old)
Tapestry weave.Woven on a "low warp loom". Velvet backs. Down filled.

From a fragment of a rare Brussels tapestry depicting a medieval battle scene. This is from a section called "trophies of war".

PRICE: $975.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 1694.

Navajo mat pillow
Origin: Navajo reservation; SW United States.
Size: 23"X 26"
Age: Early 20th c.
Hand spun wool. Back is cotton canvas.
Single interlocking tapestry weave.
Browns and ivory are undyed sheep colors.

This is not a fragment but a complete mat, woven by a Navajo woman for the trading post, probably for sale to a cowboy.
Condition:some red has run onto background.
Price: $175.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 2684.

Navajo mat pillow
Origin: Navajo reservation. SW United States.
Size: 18"X 19"
Age: Early 20th c.
Hand spun wool from native sheep Tapestry weave.

The stacked triangle forming the medallion on this weaving is a powerful symbol in Navajo weaving.
Condition: Some orange has run onto background.
Price: $150.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 2950

Pillow face.NAVAJO.

Size: 1'8"X1'7"

Germantown wool. c. 1890.

Price: $250.

Pillowry Inventory Number: 2681

NAVAJO pillow face

Size: 1'5"X 1'7""

Germantown wool. c.1890

Price: $190.