Luxury Egyptian-style wall hangings, circa 1900
Luxury Egyptian-style wall hangings, circa 1900. Painted wood and lacquer pelmet, satin lambrequin, velvet curtain, decoration with ancient Egyptian flower motifs. Planche 1. Croisee Genre Egyptien. Galerie bois laque et peint, lambrequin satin d'Orient, application coloris, contre-fond petit velours, pentes satin d'Orient, broderies colories et franges assortis. Grand rideau de dessous petite soie. Tenture murale satin d'Orient, vieux bleu, rayures horizontales. Chromolithograph by Henry Sicard et A. Farradesche after an illustration by Ernest Foussier from his Nouveaux ModC les de Tentures, Decorations de FenCtres, New Models of Wall Hangings, Window Decorations, E. Thezard Fils, Librairie Speciale d'Architecture, Dourdan, France, 1900. Foussier (1859-1917) was a French architect and interior decorator who worked in Paris
