A Glorious c.1900 French Hand-Painted Theatre Canvas Backdrop

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A Glorious c.1900 French Hand-Painted Theatre Canvas BackdropOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Width: 127. 5 inches Height: 128 inches The very large hand painted theatre canvas backdrop depicting a parted pair of red velvet stage curtains with gold cords and tassels, and strewn flowers amongst the partition, the whole at approximately 10. 5 feet square, survives from turn of the century France. Suspended from a hardwood top rail the painted canvas is in fair to good

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elm top rail and apron frieze in the original black finish survives from the early Victorian period in northern England or Scotland made by a father for his child

in part because of a failure to spend on advertising

The composition has a sense of Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s 1881 picture ‘Bouquet of Chrysanthemums’ about it in terms of the palette used and it may have provided an inspiration to this work

ivory was superseded by synthetic ivory

A sign that would look truly superb in the modern kitchen of today bringing with it the unmistakable tang of the 1950s

and two impressive antlers

the new ‘sewing machines’ were in common use

sideboard or table

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