This is a beautiful antique French hand crocheted bed throw dating from about 1900. It is made in cotton in a lovely shade of antique white.
It is beautifully worked in amazing detail. It is sumptuous and heavy and drapes perfectly.
It is made of a matrix of raised flowers. Each flower has 8 petals densely worked in tiny stitches which gives the flowers a 3 dimensional quality.
Around each flower is a more loosely worked sun burst circle and it is these that join the flowers together.
From each of the outside flower circles hangs a tassel.
The throw is clean and fresh and is in excellent condition with no damage and just one tassel missing.
It measures :- 187 cm (6ft 1.5 inches) long x 168 cm (5ft 6 inches) wide not including the tassels
A divine antique French croched throw to add a très jolie touch to a bed and another fabulous antique French textile find from La Belle Étoffe.
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