Details
Three pairs of curtains of crimson silk velvet, cut to reveal the ivory silk ground, woven with a symmetrically repeating design of birds and crowns atop scrolling foliage, edged with tassled fringe--114 x 137in. (285 x 137cm.); 112 x 130 (280 x 325cm.); 67 x 54in. (168 x 135cm.), wear and repairs, circa 1880, French, probably Lyon (3)
Provenance
The Tremayne family, Sydenham House, Devon, and by descent to the Hon. Mrs. Tremayne (d. 1937), Sydenham House, and presumably included in the 1937 sale when purchased by Colonel Norman Colville, M.C. (d. 1974).
Special notice
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