A wonderful antique French textile dating to the mid 1800s and printed in the Alsace region ~ wonderful bird and floral basket design, a classic for this time period! ~*~ ~ ~*~ This textile is a wonderful, Antique French toile valance fragment with a beautiful scalloped edge. The right side edge is cut. This textile probably would have hung from a 4 poster bed as a part of a larger bed set~ Lovely pieced textile! This textile is backed in natural white cotton and linen fabric. ~ ~*~ This toile was dyed using the root of the madder plant. It was printed using an aluminum mordant and then submerged in a madder bath ~ It has faded to a lovely soft rosy pink tone, a bit unevenly. Wonderful monochrome toile! ~*~ ( toile E51 )

MEASUREMENTS : This lovely textile measures 39 inches wide by approx. 18 inches long at the deepest point of the scallop, at the shallow point it measures 14.75 inches long.

CONDITION: This piece is in as found, not freshly laundered condition with light storage dust. The right side edge is cut and there are some storage marks on the backside. Otherwise great condition! ~*~

4/11/18