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THBLarge Group of Silk and Embroidered Drapes and Components
About Seller
PO Box 2135
Asheville, NC 28802
United States
Based in Asheville, North Carolina, Brunk Auctions has been conducting sales of fine and decorative arts for over 30 years. Auctions are held in our North Carolina sale room but attracts a global audience. Founded by Robert Brunk in 1983, the auctions became well known for their integrity and profes...Read more
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About Auction
LiveJan 23, 2025
Showcasing deaccessioned textiles from the Brooklyn Museum: 18th-century crewel work bed hangings, lace, velvet, silk, and early Chinese Export examples. From a local collection: Brilliant Period Cut Glass by Sinclaire, Hawkes, Libbey, Hoare, and more. Antiquities include Egyptian, African, Colima, Peruvian, and other pre-Columbian artifacts, alongside Continental European items dating to the Byzantine period and the 16th-18th centuries. Also featuring a remarkable selection of fossils. Fine art paintings, furniture and decorative art objects. Brunk Auctions support@brunkauctions.com
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- Lot Description
Asian, early 20th century, multiple components (curtain panels, valances, swags, jabots, vertical drops, passementerie, tie backs) from a large set of draperies, large rectangular panels (m-n) and swag, jabot, pouf, and vertical drop components (a-l and qq-fff) are beige-green silk satin compound weave with Chinese aesthetic design of multicolored birds and flowering branches, short vertical swag components (c-d and kk-pp) are identical compound weave but also include panels of yellow beige-green silk satin embroidered in long satin stitches with design of flowers and berries, valance and top treatment components (o-dd) are yellow-beige-green silk satin panels embroidered in long satin stitches with design of flowers and berries, components hhh-zzz and aaaa-bbbb are yellow-green and multicolored braided silk cord tie-backs looped through knotted silk-covered wooden collars, with large pendant tassels with heavy silk fringe, passementerie and trim elements vary from component type to component type, and include pale yellow and beige woven ribbon, silk covered round and floriform wooden buttons, silk-covered cone-shaped and turned wooden tassels, pom poms, and twisted and knotted silk cord fringe, all components lined with various shades of yellow-brown and beige silk, and interlayered with off-white cotton twill or burlap, a-b: approx. 22-1/2 x 87 in., c-f: 10-1/2 x 22 in., g-j: 15-1/4 x 25 in., k-l: 18 x 43 in., m-n: 62-1/2 x 143-1/2 in., o-r: 16 x 22-1/4 in., s-v: 24 x 22-1/2 in., w-z: approx. 10-1/2 x 33-1/2 in., aa-bb: 19-3/4 x 58 in., cc-dd: approx. 30 x 60 in., ee: 17-1/2 x 44-1/2 in., ff: 19 x 44-1/2 in., gg-jj: approx. 25 x 47-1/2 in., kk-pp: approx. 20 x 88 in., qq-ddd: 9 x 46 in., eee-fff: 9 in., ggg: 3 x 28-1/2 in., hhh-iii: 5 x 31 in.,jjj: 5 x 46-1/2 in., kkk: 8 x 30 in., lll: 7 x 41 in., mmm-ooo: approx. 8 x 103-1/2 in., ppp-zzz: approx. 6 x 14 in.
Provenance: Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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Property from the Brooklyn Museum
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- Condition
panels with silk lining completely shattered, wear and losses to brocaded trim, scattered light stains; vertical drop components (tassels) are off but present; valances and top treatment components with discoloration, stains, and shattering to lining, some tears, several with restitching and reinforcement; larger tassels with losses, some in poor shape, some components off but present, some bleeding to the red on panel LL, scattered holes along edges
