A pair of gold-green silk damask curtains woven with sinuous acanthus branches, against a ground of small honeysuckle flowers--126in x 40in., circa 1890; and a pink silk curtain woven with columns of blue flowers--92in x 40in., French, circa 1870

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A pair of gold-green silk damask curtains woven with sinuous acanthus branches, against a ground of small honeysuckle flowers--126in x 40in., circa 1890; and a pink silk curtain woven with columns of blue flowers--92in x 40in., French, circa 1870

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The damask curtains are very similar to "Kennet", a pattern for a printed cotton and velveteen and woven silk, designed by William Morris and registered on 18 October 1883.

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