Antique Indienne Pelmet with Extraordinary Exotic Birds and Serpents : French C19th silk brocade this rare 16th century Elizabethan

this rare 16th century Elizabethan silk embroidery

A lovely hand embroidered needlepoint panel with an urn of flowers dating from around 1900

An fine hand embroidered silk panel with what looks like chrysanthemums

it has an overall patina of age as you would expect in a textile of this age

Antique Indienne Pelmet with Extraordinary Exotic Birds and Serpents : French C19th silk brocade this rare 16th century ElizabethanA lovely French window Pelmet dating from the first half of the 19th century. Made from a French toile in the Indienne style and covered with exotic birds and serpents with Paisley motifs all in the style Indienne which was inspired by the craze throughout the 17th and 18th centuries for the beautiful hand painted and wood blocked fabrics imported from India and the Far East. Printed in madder reds, sky blue, pink and taupes, the pelmet has its