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Curtains Collection (#5)

"Curtains: Unveiling the Artistry and Stories Behind Them" Step into a time capsule with "A Studio in Montparnasse, c1926" by CRW Nevinson

Background imageCurtains Collection: Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Background imageCurtains Collection: Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Residence of Mrs. H.C. Parke, parlor, Detroit, Mich. between 1900 and 1910

Background imageCurtains Collection: Ah! Mon dieu on a mis le feu a la maison du voisin... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Ah! Mon dieu on a mis le feu a la maison du voisin... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Ah! Mon dieu on a mis le feu a la maison du voisin... 19th century. Alarmists and Alarms - Ah! My God! we set fire to the neighbor's house

Background imageCurtains Collection: E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913

E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing
E.F. Droop & Sons Co. 1913. Music - Steinway Pianos - Player Pianos - Musical Instruments'. Packing cases on pavement marked Handle with Care

Background imageCurtains Collection: Mother and Daughter. Creator: Eunice Pinney

Mother and Daughter. Creator: Eunice Pinney
Mother and Daughter

Background imageCurtains Collection: Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights

Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights. Creator: Johann Esaias Nilson
Two Actors Peeking through a Theater Curtain while Others Prepare the Footlights

Background imageCurtains Collection: Shawn, Ted, Mr. 1916 Mar. 17. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Shawn, Ted, Mr. 1916 Mar. 17. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Shawn, Ted, Mr. 1916 Mar. 17

Background imageCurtains Collection: Sylvia, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Apr. 28. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Sylvia, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Apr. 28. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Sylvia, Miss, portrait photograph, 1917 Apr. 28

Background imageCurtains Collection: King, G. Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 24. Creator: Arnold Genthe

King, G. Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 24. Creator: Arnold Genthe
King, G. Miss, portrait photograph, 1915 Apr. 24

Background imageCurtains Collection: Isadora Duncan dancer, between 1915 and 1923. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Isadora Duncan dancer, between 1915 and 1923. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Isadora Duncan dancer, between 1915 and 1923

Background imageCurtains Collection: Le mari lisant: nous étions mollement étendus... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Le mari lisant: nous étions mollement étendus... 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le mari lisant: nous etions mollement etendus... 19th century. Married life. Husband reading romantic novel to his wife

Background imageCurtains Collection: Un réveil en sursaut, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Un réveil en sursaut, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Un reveil en sursaut, 19th century. Startled awake. Man: Wife, wife? Woman: My God! what's wrong, Theodore? Man: I dreamt I had colic!

Background imageCurtains Collection: A Moral Entertainment, San Francisco, 1938. Creator: Unknown

A Moral Entertainment, San Francisco, 1938. Creator: Unknown
A Moral Entertainment, San Francisco, 1938. Alcazar [Theatre] presents the Federal Theatre Players - in - "A Moral Entertainment" by Richard Maibaum'

Background imageCurtains Collection: Lady of Letters, San Diego, 1938. Creator: Unknown

Lady of Letters, San Diego, 1938. Creator: Unknown
Lady of Letters, San Diego, 1938. Savoy [Theatre]...Up to the Minute Collegiate Comedy - Lady of Letters'. The Federal Theatre Project, created by the U.S

Background imageCurtains Collection: Vaudeville, Camden, ME, [193-]. Creator: Unknown

Vaudeville, Camden, ME, [193-]. Creator: Unknown
Vaudeville, Camden, ME, [193-]. The Federal Theatre Project for Maine will play for 1130th CO. C.C.C...12 Acts - Vaudeville...This is a sample of a permanent poster we supply for our performance

Background imageCurtains Collection: Le mari confesseur. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Le mari confesseur. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Le magnifique. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard

Le magnifique. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard
Le magnifique

Background imageCurtains Collection: Le magnifique. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard

Le magnifique. Creator: Jean Baptiste Tilliard
Le magnifique

Background imageCurtains Collection: Interior, c. 1936. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: 'The Causeway, ' James Parmelee house, 3100 Macomb Street, Washington, D.C. 1919

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: 'Whitemarsh Hall, ' Edward Townsend Stotesbury house, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania, 1922 or 1923

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Harper's April, c1897. Creator: Edward Penfield

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Interior with Bouguereau's 'Flight of Love' over fireplace... Greenwich, Connecticut, 1908

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

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Study with portrait of woman in Elizabethan dress, over fireplace... 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

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

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

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

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Bradley: his book... c1896. Creator: William H Bradley

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: The empty quiver, c1775. Creator: Pierre Antoine Baudouin

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Braggiotti, Francesca, Miss, 1927 Creator: Arnold Genthe

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Braggiotti, Francesca, Miss, 1927 Creator: Arnold Genthe

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: A child sleeping on a cushion, holding a piece of fruit (?), a curtain behind him

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: The Military, Naval, and County Service Club, St. James's-Street - Principal Drawing-Room, 1850

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Drapery, 1935/1942. Creator: Madeline Arnold

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

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

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Carriage for his Highness Said Pacha, 1850. Creator: Unknown

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]

Background imageCurtains Collection: Mary Queen of Scots Room at Holyrood, 1850. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Cordingly's Floating Bath, 1850. Creator: Hare

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: 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

Background imageCurtains Collection: 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

Background imageCurtains Collection: Interior of Whippingham Church, Isle of Wight, 1850. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: The White Drawing-Room, Windsor Castle, 1850. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: The Four Magistrates of Besançon, 1825. Creator: Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

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

Background imageCurtains Collection: The Girl at the Window, 1894. Creator: Edvard Munch

The Girl at the Window, 1894. Creator: Edvard Munch
The Girl at the Window, 1894




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"Curtains: Unveiling the Artistry and Stories Behind Them" Step into a time capsule with "A Studio in Montparnasse, c1926" by CRW Nevinson, where curtains frame the creative process of artists. In the heart of Paris, "Rubans de Paris - Corner of Maddox Street / St George Street" showcases how curtains add elegance to urban landscapes. Transport yourself to Provence, France through a mesmerizing poster capturing doors adorned with vibrant colors and intricate patterns. Experience the enchantment of bell ringers as they perform behind majestic curtains that heighten their musical magic. The whimsical music cover for "Two Marionettes Polka" unveils a world where curtains become characters dancing to lively tunes. Travel back in time to a cozy 1950s family living room, where floral-patterned curtains create an atmosphere of warmth and nostalgia. Witness the intimate act of putting on lipstick through David Wright's artwork, highlighting how they are both conceal and reveal beauty secrets. Discover vintage charm in a retro poster advertising Gilbert & Sullivan's performances at D'Oyly Carte Theatre - where grandiose stage curtains set the scene for timeless operettas. Feel the excitement on the first day of holidays as sunlight filters through sheer white curtains, promising days filled with adventure and relaxation. Marvel at Vienna's Stadttempel Synagogue's Sacred Ark curtain; its intricate design symbolizes spirituality woven into every thread within Austria's rich history. Immerse yourself in literary delights under lamplight with George Clausen's masterpiece "Reading by Lamplight (Twilight: Interior)" – showcasing how soft drapes enhance moments of solitude and introspection. Indulge your senses at Bechstein Hall in London. The advertisement captures opulent red velvet theater drapes inviting you to experience unforgettable musical performances.