Gustav Klimt tapestries

Gustav Klimt tapestry designs are the most noticeable new trend in tapestry weaving. Several French and Belgian weavers have produced some gorgeous designs.

We will be exhibiting our European tapestries at a trade show in early March and one wall of the booth will consist solely of Klimt tapestries. Of course, these were originally paintings of about a hundred years ago but they render so very well as wall tapestries. Like all our wall hangings they are lined on the back with an attached rod pocket for easy hanging.

A feature of all Klimt designs is the attention to details. There are so many little elements to each that you notice new ones every time you see them. Tapestries lend themselves to this since they are more three-dimensional and tactile than paintings. It is a pleasure to touch and admire them.

Do look at the Fine Art section of our website showing these and other 19th and 20th century tapestries. We hold most in stock ready for immediate shipping to you.

Contemporary Tapestries

Contemporary tapestries are very much in vogue today. When we started selling tapestries about 15 years ago the selection was definately historical in choice: medieval, Louis XIV, William Morris and the like. However it was inevitable that this would change regardless of decor fashion.

If you think about it, there are only a limited number of old tapestries which are worthy of reproduction by today's weavers. Although there are thousands of old tapestries many will command little commercial interest, others will be damaged or faded almost beyond recognition and others very much part of their time and no other.

So, to continue introducing new designs for the marketplace, the weavers have had to look to recent or contemporary designs. They then need to decide if these will translate into the medium of tapestry wall-hangings. I personally do not think that poster art, like this Belgian design, will survive the test of time but others are more worthy. You will find them in our four Contemporary designs sections. I will make one forecast for the distant future - the classics will remain, like the Lady with the Unicorn series and William Morris's timeless Arts and Crafts designs. We'll have to wait and see.