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Curtain

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1840-1915

GUSN

GUSN-11768

Description

Two rectangular pieced cotton panels with an overall pattern of entwined vines with tulip-like blossoms in cream, light grey and a dark blue outline on a medium grey ground. It is machine sewn, with a 10 1/2" hemmed slit in each at one end, and also a cut-away corner.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
cotton (textile)
printing (process)
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts (movement)
floral patterns
Cotton
Transfer Printed
Art Nouveau
Arts and Crafts
Floral
CURTAIN

Associated Building

Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

78 x 43 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Amelia W. Little

Accession Number

1986.1175.2

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