A set of two pairs of plain pale yellow silk curtains, 20th century

each curtain turned over at top and applied with double row of golden banding along lower edge, to imitate a pelmet, together with four complimentary coloured rope and tassel tie-backs
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Decorative curtains. They are light weight curtains. They are not lined. They are gathered across the top and with wooden hoops for hanging. See photograph in catalogue of both pairs hanging in situ in the dining room on page 71. Curtains: Full measurements (including height from top to bottom, width across the top gathered, and the width across the lower edge of the curtain panel): Approximately: 350cm. high, 90cm (gathered across the top), 212cm (across the lower edge of the panel) Overall in good condition. Some minor speckles of wax at sides of one and some marks to the reverse of lower edge of another of the panels.
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