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Drapery

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1824

GUSN

GUSN-187749

Description

Pennant-shaped (seven-sided) curtain component; rectangular shape with "v" cut out at top center; yellow silk fabric with pink stylized flowers throughout; half of a border at bottom edge-yellow ground with pink flowers; shadow of a three-inch border previously removed; no fringe.

Details

Descriptive Terms

draperies (curtains)
silk (textile)
Drapery

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

64 x 61 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Museum purchase with funds provided by a friend of Historic New England

Accession Number

2005.14.3

Places

Massachusetts (United States)
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Paris (Ville de Paris department, Île-de-France, France)

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