A Mid 20thC French Hand-Painted Trompe l'oeil Theatre Canvas Linen Backdrop sub-Religion & Relics the whole surviving from the

the whole surviving from the zeniths of nineteenth century France

5 inches at top to 13 inches at base

with applied figured walnut veneers and stamped 'WT' to one rear sabre leg

usually deep reds with dark blue or black used for the accents or details

A Mid 20thC French Hand-Painted Trompe l'oeil Theatre Canvas Linen Backdrop sub-Religion & Relics the whole surviving from theOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1940 50 Width: 62 Height: 86 The large hand painted theatre canvas backdrop on canvas linen, in shades of ivories and greys, depicting a large carved white marble classical urn, in the Robert Adam manner, being swagged and with a central cartouche with acorn finial, to angular handles and a scalloped base and set against a ruled inner border to a chocolate brown outer, the whole at over