Curtain Arts & and Crafts French fabric 1870 printed art nouveau design

Description

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This gorgeous curtain  panel is French and dates c 1880 ~ it has a lovely Arts and Crafts fee meets  Art Nouveau! ~ this is a heavy weight cotton fabric, printed on each side! This was very typical of furnishing fabrics around the turn of the century ~*~ This French fabric was once a curtain and the top is pleated ~ , or it’s lovely too for repurposing into upholstery projects, pillows etc ~*~ The tones are so beautiful , a very sophisticated combination of browns, greens and reds with some pink also ~ there is a smidge of pale yellow ~ A gorgeous textile ~*~ Please see my other textiles for matching panels )
Measurements : This panel measures roughly : 96 inches long by 17 inches wide that the gathered top and 32 inches wide at the bottom
CONDITOIN : Gorgeous , as found, not freshly laundered condition  This panel is gently faded with time ~ the first 1/3 of the piece, near the top has holes dotted here and there! ~ There is thinning ~ There are some very small holes dotted around and this piece is softly faded ~ it’s GORGEOUS but not without signs of time and use often inherent in these wonderful textiles ~*~
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