A Glorious c.1900 French Hand-Painted Theatre Canvas Backdrop sub-Antiques Provenance: From an unidentified wreck

Provenance: From an unidentified wreck in the South China Sea

together as originally sold with the original printed-paper wrapper

which are backed onto card

a German merchant called Henning Brand obtained elementary phosphorus through the distillation of urine

several shades of red and with a white accent

A Glorious c.1900 French Hand-Painted Theatre Canvas Backdrop sub-Antiques Provenance: From an unidentified wreckOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1910 Width: 127. 5 inches Height: 128 inches The very large hand painted theatre canvas backdrop depicting a parted pair of red velvet stage curtains with gold cords and tassels, and strewn flowers amongst the partition, the whole at approximately 10. 5 feet square, survives from turn of the century France. Suspended from a hardwood top rail the painted canvas is in fair to good