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Croscill Home Cascade 41 by 84-Inch Pole Top Drapery, Chocolate

This latte colored ensemble boasts contemporary stripes and pleats coupled with a traditional contrasting large floral motif, giving the Cascade ensemble an eclectic feel. The elegant kick pleat bed skirt gives this collection a solid foundation. The boudoir pillow features a trio of ornate flowers. Luxurious and elaborate, the fashion pillow is enveloped in flowers on a cream colored fabric. Gentle stripes in coordinating colors and pleats adorn the square pillow. Both floral and stripe motifs bring together Cascade's themes on the standard pillow sham. Be sure to add Cascade's euro shams, handsomely framed by asymmetrical and overlapping stripes and pleats. Cascade's coordinating window features a tailored valance with floral embellishments.

The stained glass produced for the Collegiate Church of Saint-Etienne in Troyes during the late twelfth century represents a major transition from the Romanesque to the Gothic style. None of the panels from what was once an ambitious cycle of scenes—ranging in theme from the public life and Passion of Christ and the Dormition of the Virgin to the life of Saint Nicholas of Myra—remains in its original setting, since the church was destroyed in the wake of the French Revolution. The glass is now scattered in public and private collections in Europe and America. The Museum's panel of censing angels conforms to a window design of connected semicircles, whose overall subject was the Dormition of the Virgin. Here, the pairs of angels, seen moving away from the connected arcs, are painted with an exceptional precision, against a ground decorated with a fine pattern of rinceaux. The organic articulation of the figures and the strikingly balanced colors are analogous to effects found in both manuscript illumination and enamel work. However, it is the chevron-shaped folds of the drapery, which radiate with a metallic precision, that especially invite comparison to a group of contemporary manuscripts produced in Champagne by illuminators originally trained in northern France. Stylistic links with Mosan enamel work also demonstrate that the Troyes artist had assimilated techniques, color relationships, and figure types uncharacteristic of twelfth-century stained-glass painting.



Provenance
Collegiate Church of Saint-Etienne, Troyes, France; ex coll.: Ernest and Ella Brummer, New YorkAdditional Views
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One Lined Rod Pocket Panel. Add style and elegance to any room with Jacquard window treatments that look beautiful draped on a rod or hung with curtain clips. The Jacquard fabric has a raised floral design woven into the fabric, and the designer tassels add a special touch. Color is "Sage" - the striped fabric has shades of Sage Green, Tan and Antique Gold. The lining on the back is tan, matching the Jacquard floral weave on front. The fabric is 55% Cotton, 45% Polyester. Use 2 panels for windows up to 36" wide. For wider windows, style with additional panels. Wash in cold water with mild soap. Do not bleach. Rinse in cold water. Line dry. Do not iron. Hardware: one 2 1/4 to 2 1/2" wide flat rod, decorative metal or wood pole up to 1 3/8" diameter. *Valance and Rod sold separately.