Rare Art Nouveau Stencilled Silk and Mohair Velvet Curtain with Sunflowers : C1890s France child's embroidered tunic A distinctive bird head symbol

A distinctive bird head symbol

coloured and adapted for distant inspection and viewing under gas or candlelight

This beautiful stand was used to display and preserve wedding mementoes

drape and feel

This is an excellent and unique example of a Dutch chintz of this type

Rare Art Nouveau Stencilled Silk and Mohair Velvet Curtain with Sunflowers : C1890s France child's embroidered tunic A distinctive bird head symbolAn original large size Art Nouveau silk and mohair velvet curtain or wallhanging with handpainted stencilled sunflowers. Dating from the late 1800s we have a photographic reference for the same backdrop in: Belle Epoque Nudes. Inspired by classical statues and paintings , love shadow shows, tableaux vibrant were popular in the late 29th century. In Grance they could be viewed in the theatres of The Belle Epoque. In one of the last photographs on our