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Bed Curtain Fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1810-1825

GUSN

GUSN-46303

Description

Rectangular; polychromatic block and roller printed floral columns; white cotton ground. Entwinning floral vines with serpentine borders with feather wisps in red; faint shadowed image of oak leaves and floral sprigs between columns.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bed curtains
cotton (textile)
weaving
machine-made
piecing
tabby (textile)
Hanging, Bed
Curtain, Bed
Curtain, Bed

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

12 3/4 (W) (inches)

Accession Number

1960.65A

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly

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