NARRATIVE SLAVERY TOILE, FRANCE, 18th C

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  • Lot: 121
  • October 2008 Vintage Clothing & Textile Auction
  • New Hope, PA
Plum on cotton w/ 4 African scenes: first, a pastoral African village scene, second, Africans welcoming white men to their shores, third, Africans saving white men while their ship sinks & fourth, whites beating & forcing Africans into slavery w/ sign inFrench on tree "Traites des Negres", selvedge-selvedge width 32", w/ 14.5" pieced panel, total size, Wd. 46.5" x L 100", (small holes, faded areas, mends) good.

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  • Price Realized: $ 805
  • Category: Textiles
  • Era: 18th C
  • Condition: Very Good

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