PROBABLY LATE 18TH CENTURY

THESE CHUTES WERE PROBABLY ORIGINALLY HUNG WITH A PELMET, FORMING A DECORATIVE CANTONNIèRE, IN FRONT OF SILK CURTAINS. THE COMMANDES DE MEUBLE OF THE MANUFACTURE DE BEAUVAIS INCLUDED 2 CANTONNIèRES à FLEURS ET EFFETS DE DRAPERIES VERTES IN 1782 AND '4 CANTONNIèRES EFFET DE DRAPERIES VIOLETTES ET VERTES. MêME DESSIN DE QUE CELLE NO. 86 IN 1784. (J. BADIN, LA MANUFACTURE DE TAPISSERIES DE BEAUVAIS, PARIS, 1909, P. 72.) A SET OF THREE SIMILAR CARTONNIèRES, WITH PELMETTES, ARE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE RIJKSMUSEUM IN AMSTERDAM (BK-17263-A/C).

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