Rectangular, straight lambrequin; green velvet with naturalistic views of five groups of wild flowers including daisies and waterlilies. Polychromatic fuzzy tassels on strings at bottom. Backed in brown glazed cotton.
lambrequins (valances)
cotton (textile)
fringe
painting (coating)
velvet (fabric weave)
Aesthetic Movement
Valance
Attached tag: Painted by Lydia A. Win[d]sor Trippe wife of Samuel G. Trippe about 1888. Presented by her granddaughter Lydia G. Chace.
Trippe, Lydia Gardiner (Painter)
Providence, RI, USA
15 x 86 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Lydia G. Chace
1931.1786
Rhode Island (United States)
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