The mid century 1940's was filled with design inspiration and surprises that were brought about by the ancient beauty of chinese lanterns...that have been around...well...since fire! :) these Asian innovations have truly never gone out of style...they just simply evolved...the Art Deco period saw many Asian influences...Chinoiserie...post Art Deco and especially the 40's as part of the mid century modern movement...long expanded ranches...Palm Springs style...fancy...yet minimalistic modern...the idea of feng shui before it was put to practical use of today...bringing the outdoors inside...lots of wood grains...danish mod...Heywood Wakefield blonde furniture...cork walls and chrome cocktail tables...a solid brown sofa with chrome arms and a pole lamp with starburst design cut outs that reflected throughout the room in the dark...it was a scene already set by many a designer of the retro era...incorporating chinese history into the mod movement...

This offering is for ONE unused unwashed remnant of textured barkcloth from the 40's....with a dove gray ground with swirling white laser swaths of white showing movement by the artist...colorful Chinese lanterns with an abstractness fly beautifully in the sky...orange red...chartreuse...eggplant merlot...dark lime...with black and white accents...measures 22 inches wide x 28 inches long...a designers dream for the right soul! Expect perfect.  Chinese lanterns symbolize vitality...social status...and good luck. 

I take returns...but who wants to take a return right? So I do my best to add lots of photos that depict the weight and texture and do so thoughtfully so you are getting the most virtual experience. Please only buy if you know you really want it...in other words...I'm here to have the best selling experience and I can't do that without your help. With that said...of course I will take a return...I'm just hoping more the pricing will WOW YA over wanting to return it :) Here is to a summer of fabulous Florida Finds. :)