An Unusual Early 20thC Hand-Painted French Theatre Backdrop c.1915-25 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage the whole in un-meddled with

the whole in un-meddled with order and surviving from the second quarter of the twentieth century

Period: Late Edwardian

We can only find one reference to a William Hicks

but it is light and not current

The grilles have not been painted or restored in any way and amazingly there are no losses or damages to speak of

An Unusual Early 20thC Hand-Painted French Theatre Backdrop c.1915-25 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage the whole in un-meddled withOrigin: FrenchPeriod: 3rd Republic Provenance: UnknownDate: c. 1915 25Width: 34Height: 67 The large hand painted theatre canvas backdrop, executed in a Bloomsbury Group esque maximalist nave style, upon thick cream cotton twill panels, depicting an androgenous figure holding a book, seated on a large garden urn, to highly stylised swirls and patterns to the background, using hues of blues, reds and blacks, the whole hemmed to upper and lower edges,