Valance (France), 1751–1800

Valance in a floral design consisting of a red ground with imbricated pattern in white. Large flowers clusters in white, red and dark brown with garlands of leaves in dark brown and red. With cords and tassels. Variety of picotage used in flower leaves. Leaf garlands printed with dark brown horizontal lines. Much detail outlined in black and dark brown. Faced with fragments of block printed cotton in tulip and leaf pattern in reds and dark brown.