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Antique French Pillow with Lace, Ribbon Roses & Hand Beading

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This truly spectacular antique French pillow comes from my personal collection & is a true work-of-art. It had a France label on the back at one time, but it was hanging on by a thread & over time, was lost.

Please note the color is somewhere between the main photo and the lightened ones, plus the lightened area on the lower right side of the main photo is actual due to sunlight.

The center features six satin roses, done in very pale peach & a slightly lighter peach, along with six pink buds & green leaves. There are also six light gray flowers, each with hand beaded stamen. There’s hand beaded detail in between each rose/bud. All this work is done on top of beautiful handmade ecru color antique lace, which has an outer border of silky peachy pink & gray trim. The peach satin below the trim is ruched & is approximately 2” wide. The lower peach satin is also ruched and is approximately 4” wide.

The ruffle is stunning. It features the same hand beading, handmade ecru lace, silky trim along with four small silky rosettes with hand beading surrounding the rosettes; there are 14 “sections” of this around the entire ruffle. There's one photo showing the back of the ruffle, so you can see some of the hand stitching.

The back is done in lightweight peach cotton, possibly light linen, fabric. The back of the ruffle is peach satin. You can see by looking at the back of the pillow it’s been entirely hand done. There are four to five light brown spots, along with some discoloration of the fabric (see pic). The pillow insert is soft & is sewn in; there is no zipper or opening.

The pillow is approximately 23” in diameter & approximately 4-5” deep (it’s difficult to measure).

The condition is excellent. First off, there are no odors. There are two extremely small & light spots, which I had a difficult time finding (see pic; they appear darker in the pics). A few stitches are missing on two small sections of the lace ruffle (see pic's). The roses in the center show some wear, but I would consider it relatively light/minor.

This antique pillow is so amazing in person; my pictures can’t do it justice.

You won’t be disappointed in this French beauty.
Item id: 2109
Item type: Antique