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Lot 21

Fine Silk and Passementerie Window Treatment

Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
Current Bid
$500

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French, early 20th century, elaborate polychrome silk embroidery, coiled silk netting and passementerie in shell and foliate motifs on light figured silk, comprising a crescent shaped valance with central shell motif and scalloped lower edge trimmed with polychrome tassels, 72 x 42 in.; pair of panels, each with a wide inner border and narrow outer border of passementerie and tassel trim; light brown silk taffeta lining, brass rings stitched to top, 58-1/2 x 174 in.; pair of tiebacks with tassels and cord loops, 6 x 40 in.
 

Provenance: Property from the Brooklyn Museum

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Property from the Brooklyn Museum

good overall condition, some breaks into central shell motif and other raised decorations, some shattering to silk lining