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Three Pairs of Green and Gilt Velvet Curtains circa 1675-1700
Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description
- height of panels 11 ft. 10 1/2 in.; width of panels 23 3/4 in.; height of valances 23 1/2 in.; width of valances 5 ft. 11 1/2 in.
- 3.6 m; 60.3 cm; 59.7 cm; 1.8 m
backed with linen, with tasseled borders and together with two scalloped valances, each with 20th century braid and pompons.
Provenance
The Dining Room, Governor's Palace, Colonial Williamsburg (accession no. 1958-336), sold, Christie's, New York, April 14, 1984, lot 179
Sold, Christie's, New York, October 15, 1994, lot 422
Catalogue Note
A similar panel is in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts, illustrated in 'Two Thousand Years of Textiles', pl. 253.