A Wonderful 20thC French Hand-Painted Canvas Linen Trompe l'oeil Theatre Backdrop sub-Curios for example this type of

for example this type of teaching aid for instance

The carving is relatively primitive

the colours remaining superb and the labels under glass retaining their gilt bandings

Hand tooled leather was very popular in the 1920s

Angelo was born in Leghorn

A Wonderful 20thC French Hand-Painted Canvas Linen Trompe l'oeil Theatre Backdrop sub-Curios for example this type ofOrigin: French Period: 3rd Republic Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 50 Width: 39 Height: 88. 5 The large hand painted theatre canvas backdrop on canvas linen depicting an atmospheric scene in dusky mauve and taupe hues showing a neo classical stone faade with panelled walls and a Corinthian capital fluted column central to a balustrade staircase with an urn bearing an architectural plant, the background with a palacial lake to clouds and trees, the