An Unusual Early 20thC Hand-Painted French Theatre Backdrop c.1915-25

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An Unusual Early 20thC Hand-Painted French Theatre Backdrop c.1915-25Origin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd Republic Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1915 25Width: 34Height: 67 The large hand painted theatre canvas backdrop, executed in a Bloomsbury Group esque maximalist nave style, upon thick cream cotton twill panels, depicting an androgenous figure holding a book, seated on a large garden urn, to highly stylised swirls and patterns to the background, using hues of blues, reds and blacks, the whole hemmed to upper and lower edges,

5 inches for the Cover

but has undeniable high quality to the carving

lot 172) and it was used on smaller pictures from 1881-90

After arriving in England in 1755

The globe has not been repaired or restored in any way

Those that would not wait

Britain's gardening charity

Chaplin appeared a number of times before decamping to America to gain fame in Hollywood

Its shell is tough

Width: 82cms / 2

Venus has come to represent seduction and lust as she came to be a sex symbol

The upholstery is worn and partially stained as pictured