Two joined ivory cotton curtains printed in shades of sky blue with sprays of naturalistic roses, the ground with tiny self-coloured spots, forming shadow foliate patterns in places, trimmed with braid--45 x 106in. (112 x 265cm.) each curtain, with upper joined panel, lined, circa 1860; and a printed coverlet of dark brown and ivory striped cotton, the ivory stripes infilled with carnation heads and a broken scroll pattern, the ground spotted with tiny black dots, the brown stripes with trailing passion and other flowers--62 x 76in. (155 x 190cm.), with matching joined valences, coverlet lined, probably 1820s/30s (2)

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Two joined ivory cotton curtains printed in shades of sky blue with sprays of naturalistic roses, the ground with tiny self-coloured spots, forming shadow foliate patterns in places, trimmed with braid--45 x 106in. (112 x 265cm.) each curtain, with upper joined panel, lined, circa 1860; and a printed coverlet of dark brown and ivory striped cotton, the ivory stripes infilled with carnation heads and a broken scroll pattern, the ground spotted with tiny black dots, the brown stripes with trailing passion and other flowers--62 x 76in. (155 x 190cm.), with matching joined valences, coverlet lined, probably 1820s/30s (2)

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