A beautifully detailed vintage Chinese-style embroidery featuring two colourful long-tailed birds amongst flowering peonies, delicately hand worked in fine, lustrous threads against a soft cream background. The intricate stitching captures the birds' feathers and the gentle shading of the flowers, creating a wonderfully decorative piece with traditional Eastern influences. The tail feathers are particularly amazing and show great skill.
Presented in a dark brown frame with gold-coloured inner trim, this charming picture has a timeless, collected feel.
An incredibly striking vintage piece for a country house sitting room, gallery wall or traditionally styled home.
Product Details
Date: Circa 1970s (estimated)
Origin: Possibly China, unconfirmed
Material: Fine embroidery on silk/silk-like fabric, glazed decorative frame
Dimensions: 40 × 32.5 cm including frame
Unpackaged Weight: 1,030 g
Condition: Very good vintage condition
Condition Notes: The embroidery retains beautiful colour and intricate detail. There is some very minor ruching to the fabric and a small area of age-related spotting (foxing) to the very top edge of the cream silk backing fabric clearly shown in the close-up photos. This is a very common, natural occurrence with vintage textiles of this age and does not distract from the gorgeous central artwork. The frame is structurally sound, clean, and ready to hang. It shows light age-related wear, including a small area at the lower left corner. Please refer to the photographs for these details.
Please note that this is a vintage item and may show signs of age and previous use. These are part of the character and history of the piece.
A note about our photography: Some images use AI-assisted backgrounds to style our vintage pieces in a home setting. The items themselves are genuine and remain unaltered; AI is used for presentation only.
A note about dating: We take care to research the age and origins of our vintage pieces using makers' marks, patterns and other available information. Dates are our best informed estimates and, unless otherwise stated, should be considered approximate.
