Featured Age...origin of embroidered appliques...Thanks!

I agree with Johnny, cut from a chinese silk embroidered robe that was likely brought home after WWII.

 

I'm a newbie here, so ya'll don't know me but I am a confessed fabric and anything that has to do with hand sewing HOARDER! I've seen this lovely work before and a lot of the answers and input on this thread is excellent. But can I add my two cents worth? It'll on cost you a penny <teehee>. Hand embroidery on SILK particularly on Japanese and Chinese silk was an obsessive craze from the colonial era to the Victorian era! Some pieces of embroidery on silk command six figure dollar signs! I'm more into quilting and not so much embroidery, but silk embroidery that is from WWI and WWII time periods (such as the looks of these lovely pieces from WWII) bring about $80 - $300 to clothing designers and vintage clothing collectors.
The best way to find out for sure is to go online to either pintrest or google Japanese silk embroidery and look at the images that come up. Find one that is close to your's and go to the sight. Or visit vintage embroidery boards and search their data bases.
I know that sounds like a lot of work, but these are lovely pieces and if I owned them, I'd want to do the hunting to find out about them.
Hope I didn't bore you all to tears.
As always ... I buy junk and sell antiques

 

The reason I thought a kimono is the fact they seem to be in pairs,like they would be on a robe.

 

Welcome, buyjunksellantiques!

In addition to the pieces possibly being cut from a kimono, I'd think they also could have been from a wallhanging, shawl, or table cover?

 

I doubt Kimono , as the sewing is directly on to the fabric , not a patch sewn on .

IMO..

 

Chinese so not from a kimono. These are silk (hand) embroidery, likely taken from sleeve bands or other very damaged pieces, so I would doubt it was from a robe brought back from WWII. However the embroideries themselves are 1920s-1940s or so. $80-300? Just because of the frames; the embroideries have decorative value only. You can get similar pieces on ebay for a few bucks.

 

Hi, 6rivets... good to see you posting.

If you have time, I'd love it if you could tell me what your thoughts about the German embroidery book I posted (link below).

https://www.antiquers.com/threads/backroom-discussion-german-embroidery-book.4751/

Thanks!

 

Thanks for 'pinning' it down, 6rivets! (weak textile pun)
As it so happens, I broke the glass on one of the frames (Doh!), so I guess I will sell separately or in lots.
Been so busy with house and yard and my peeps that I haven't listed in days. No tag sales this weekend, either, because of the Holiday.