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02290: Imagine waking up in a large 19th century sunny French bedroom done up in this fabric! The background is an exceptionally pale cream color, while the very large-scale and finely-printed foreground motif of gigantic ragged dahlias is in soft shades of a summertime sunset! The colors are both soft and intense at the same time and very pleasing to be near. Ca. 1880 |
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02380: This is a piece of woven cotton mattress ticking in an unusual color scheme. The wide stripes are an ecru damask pattern while the medium width stripes are done in a pistachio green and are bordered by narrow stripes in reds and greens. The damask tickings are primarily from the late 19th century. Ca. 1900 |
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01796: This is a light-weight summer quilt done in a color scheme that was very popular during the early years of the 19th century. The background is off-white, while the romantic and beautifully balanced motif of small bouquets of roses joined to one another by tasseled cord that passes through small pairs of wreathes is done is a dark coffee brown and a bright French blue. Ca. 1830 |
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02361: This is a wonderfully restrained motif of large, rose-colored buddleia flowers, better known as a 'butterfly bush'. Fluttering between the flowers are delicate, pale butterflies! Magnificent textile design in its simplicity and sophisticated elegance. Ca. 1870 |
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02368: This piece is a lovely, late 19th century floral toile fabric. Printed on an off-white background, the foreground motif is strongly vertical and includes large reeds, peonies, iris and cattails. There are small, fluttering songbirds intermingled with the grand floral motif. The printing is in cherry red and shades of rose. this same motif was also done in aubergine and green. Ca. 1880 |
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03313: This is a sensational early 19th century chintz quilt. The central portion of the quilt is made of a wonderful glazed chintz with small woodland scenes of graceful deer and wild ducks. These scenes are surrounded by huge bouquets of luscious roses, peonies, dahlias and lilacs! The border is done in a similar floral chintz, but without the animal scenic motifs. Micro views <HERE> and <HERE.> A wide view of the entire quilt <HERE.> Ca. 1830 |
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02291: This piece of medium-weight cotton print appears to be bands of fabric sewn in strips. But, this is one solid piece of fabric that is printed to give that 'look'. The wide, coffee background stripes are printed with clinging vines and fluttering songbirds. Between the dark stripes are narrower rose-colored stripes. The rose stripes are edged with the vine motif which is printed to look like decorative stitching. Ca. 1880 |
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01546: This is a fragment of a wonderful 18th century French silk brocade with large lilac heads in shades of mauve, rose and gold The large-scale pattern and the intricate shadings make this piece a rare specimen. A micro view can be seen <HERE.> Late 18th century |
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02647: This is an early hand-stitched quilt. The fabric has an off-white background and a delicate, small-scale leaf, vine and flower motif with a picotage (tiny dots) background. This quilt was in near-perfect condition when found, even though it was almost 200 years old. Micro views can be seen <HERE> and <HERE> and a wide view <HERE.> Ca. 1810 |
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05149: Middle Eastern rug patterns and designs were copied extensively by French textile designers during the late 19th century. Most of the rug patterns used the colors that were common in the imported rugs - browns, blues, deep reds, maroons and tans. This is a geometric rug pattern that breaks all the confines of usual textile colors! Using Mediterranean sea and sand shades mixed with faded terra cotta, this particular piece is quite unusual. Ca. 1880 |
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00700: This is a light-weight cotton fabric with an Art Deco design. Hundreds of Art Deco stylized and romanticized patterns were produced for inexpensive furnishing fabrics in this era. This one depicts a sailboat, rainbow and sunset, all done in warm neutral shades. Ca. 1935 |
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