An Unusual Early 20thC Hand-Painted French Theatre Backdrop c.1915-25 reserved being original illustrations published in

being original illustrations published in 1787-97

beautifully sculptural and well-made chair

this is a wonderfully ornamental throwback that has masses of appeal to foodies

facing dexter and gazing slightly downward conveying a dreamy

having a slanted back to small ear wings

An Unusual Early 20thC Hand-Painted French Theatre Backdrop c.1915-25 reserved being original illustrations published inOrigin: 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,