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Head of bed curtain fragment. Square; off white and brown; showing two repeating scenes. One of man and pack horse approaching gristmill with bridge in foreground; other of two men approaching small bridge with farm in background. Floral swags between scenes.
head curtains
fragments
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
piecing
copper (metal)
architecture (object genre)
architectural elements
figure- and animal-derived motifs
Aves (class)
bridges (built works)
floral patterns
genre
insect
swags
Cotton
Stipple Engraved
Pieced
Bird
Insect
Swag
Genre Scene
Architecture
Floral
Bridge
CURTAIN, BED
Original To Hersey House (Old House),
1963.62 X
Unknown
England
57 (W) (inches)
1963.62
Montgomery, F.. Printed Textiles. [No Publisher].
Massachusetts (United States)
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