The rich red tapestries, which were woven about 1500 in Flanders, had not surfaced outside France since they were shown at at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1973 and 1974.
A path of dark red tapestries was rolled out in ancient Greece, in the Aeschylus play Agamemnon, when the King's vengeful wife Clytemnestra prepares for the triumphant welcome home of her husband from the Trojan War.
28″ × 28″ red and blue tapestry with decorative design.
Yet, especially on weekend nights, this tiny cafe with its red walls, Turkish tapestry, lace curtains, artificial flowers and Oriental music is like an intimate Istanbul neighborhood club.
Dealer description: Large rectangular miniature of the Navtivity (117x73mm), showing Mary and Joseph raising their hands and looking down at the Holy Child who lies on the Virgin's cloak, the scene set in an open stable which is partially covered by a red and gold tapestry screen; four shepherds peer in over the fence, landscape background.
A hangar-sized space serving high-end Cantonese food, it is decorated in Chinese-restaurant chintz, with angular chandeliers, red carpets, silk tapestries, slatted wood.
The red silk wall tapestries for the state apartments' opulent audience chamber were re-created in Lyon, France, where they were originally purchased, while green silk velvet for the state bedroom was produced in Genoa, Italy.
If you've never been to the 75-year-old theater, you'll be blown away by the over-the-top rococo lobby, with lion's head banisters and coffered ceilings, golden mosaic tile alcoves, and red and gold tapestries along the walls.
18″ × 62″ embroidered beige tapestry with red floral motif, presented in a maroon cylinder with a gold and red embroidered crest.
Ms. Steele, acting director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, weaves a tapestry of red references, among them a Vreeland-esque koan from the avant-garde designer Rei Kawakubo.
