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Dust Ruffle

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

ca. 1880

GUSN

GUSN-13012

Description

White cotton; drawstring top with cotton tape tie; two horizontal tucks above hem. Hem overlaid with four rows of ruffles with embroidered scalloped edge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

base valances
cotton (textile)
Hanging, Bed
Valance, Bed
Valance, Bed

Associated Building

Original to Codman House (Lincoln, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.6105

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