Curtain Collection (#8)

Le mari confesseur. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard
Le mari confesseur

Le magnifique. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard
Le magnifique

Le magnifique. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard
Le magnifique

Interior, c. 1936. Creator: Unknown
Interior, c. 1936

Woman sitting on window seat, looking left, full-length portrait, between 1900 and 1920. Creator: Unknown
Woman sitting on window seat, looking left, full-length portrait, between 1900 and 1920

"The Causeway, " James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington, D.C. 1919

"Whitemarsh Hall, " Edward Townsend Stotesbury house, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, 1922 or 1923. House architecture: Horace Trumbauer, completed 1922. Mrs. Stotesbury's Bed Room

Harper's April, c1897. Creator: Edward Penfield
Harper's April, c1897. [Publisher: Harper Publications; Place: New York]

Interior with Bouguereau's "Flight of Love" over fireplace... Greenwich, Connecticut, 1908
Interior with Bouguereau's "Flight of Love" painting over fireplace, French provincial furniture, and heavily draped windows at left, in home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, Greenwich

Study with portrait of woman in Elizabethan dress, over fireplace... Greenwich, Connecticut, 1908
Study with portrait of woman in Elizabethan dress, over fireplace, and curved sofa at right, in home of Edmund Cogswell Converse, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1908

Study with portrait of woman in Elizabethan dress, over fireplace... Greenwich, Connecticut, 1908
Study with portrait of woman in Elizabethan dress, over fireplace, fringe lamp at right, and buffalo statue on left; elk head on wall and grandfather clock in background

Interior view of Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C. c1893. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Interior view of Austrian Embassy, Washington, D.C. c1893

Monticello - parlor, between 1914 and 1918. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Monticello - parlor, between 1914 and 1918
Monticello - parlor, between 1914 and 1918

Curtain, c. 1936. Creator: Eugene La Foret
Curtain, c. 1936

Bradley: his book... c1896. Creator: William H Bradley
Bradley: his book... c1896

The empty quiver, c1775. Creator: Pierre Antoine Baudouin
The empty quiver, c1775

Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1932 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1932

Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1932 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Elizabeth Duncan dancers and children, 1932

Braggiotti, Francesca, Miss, 1927 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Braggiotti, Francesca, Miss, 1927

Braggiotti, Francesca, Miss, 1927 Creator: Arnold Genthe
Braggiotti, Francesca, Miss, 1927

Une victime des Borgia, c1875. Creator: Jean-Paul Laurens
Une victime des Borgia, c1875

Set of Crewel Embroidered Bed Curtains, c. 1939. Creator: John Oster
Set of Crewel Embroidered Bed Curtains, c. 1939

Portrait de Jean-Georges Farcy (1800-1830), littérateur, 1829. Creator: Alexandre-Marie Colin
Portrait de Jean-Georges Farcy (1800-1830), litterateur, 1829

A child sleeping on a cushion, holding a piece of fruit (?), a curtain behind him, ... 17th century. Creator: Anon
A child sleeping on a cushion, holding a piece of fruit (?), a curtain behind him, after Reni (?), 17th century

Curtain, Germany, 1889/90. Creator: Elise Grill
Curtain, Germany, 1889/90

Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain, 1550/55. Creator: Francesco Salviati
Young Warrior, Seen from Behind, Lifting a Curtain, 1550/55

The Military, Naval, and County Service Club, St. James's-Street - Principal Drawing-Room, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Military, Naval, and County Service Club, St. James's-Street, [London] - Principal Drawing-Room, 1850. The style of decoration is that of Louis Quatorze...a splendid apartment

Drapery, 1935/1942. Creator: Madeline Arnold
Drapery, 1935/1942

Tie-back, c. 1939. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1939

Tieback, c. 1939. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tieback, c. 1939

Tie-back, c. 1939. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1939

Tie-back, c. 1938. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1938

Tie-back, c. 1938. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1938

Tie-back, c. 1941. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1941

Tie-back, c. 1938. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1938

Tie-back, c. 1939. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1939

Mozart Tie-back, c. 1938. Creator: Helen Bronson
Mozart Tie-back, c. 1938

Tie-back, c. 1941. Creator: Helen Bronson
Tie-back, c. 1941

Puck's Souvenir Performance, from Puck, published March 2, 1887. Creator: Charles Jay Taylor
Puck's Souvenir Performance, from Puck, published March 2, 1887

Carriage for his Highness Said Pacha, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Carriage for his Highness Said Pacha, 1850. This "invalid carriage" has just been built by Messrs. Hallmarke, Aldebert, and Hallmarke, of Long Acre [in London]

Mary Queen of Scots Room at Holyrood, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Mary Queen of Scots Room at Holyrood, 1850. Interior of the royal Palace of Holyrood, Edinburgh, Scotland. The ceiling, as far as the moulded compartments are concerned

Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. Creator: Hare
Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. A simple and ingenious novelty...for the convenience and comfort of those who may wish to enjoy a private bath in mid-day, on the Serpentine

Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, after Whistler, 1892. Creator: Thomas Robert Way
Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, after Whistler, 1892

Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, after Whistler, 1892. Creator: Thomas Robert Way
Arrangement in Grey and Black: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, after Whistler, 1892

Interior of Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Interior of Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight, 1850. The interior of the Church is as simple as the exterior, there being no enrichment to the arches or windows, or decorations to the roof

The White Drawing-Room, Windsor Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The White Drawing-Room, Windsor Castle, 1850. The White Drawingroom is a noble room, with a spacious bay window reaching from the floor to the ceiling

An Irish Girl or Annie, 1894. Creator: Anders Leonard Zorn
An Irish Girl or Annie, 1894

The Four Magistrates of Besançon, 1825. Creator: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
The Four Magistrates of Besancon, 1825

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