1972
GUSN-20004
Window curtain including valance (A), 2 tails (B&C) and 2 tie-backs (D&E). A)= Yellow swag bunched twice. Fringe and tassles (orange, yellow and brown); 2 small connected side tails of copper satin (see receipt). Austrian valance. B&C)= Yellow side tails w/ white cotton back. (Receipt says wheat material). Fringe and tassles (orange, yellow and brown; 2 sides fringed. Tails pulled back w/ ties. D&E)= Braided yellow and orange rope connected by yellow, brown and orange knot and finished w/ large bell-shaped tassel. Tassel w/ loose orange and yellow thread connected w/ brown and orange braid and yellow and brown ribbing.
curtains
cotton (textile)
sewing (process)
silk (textile)
Curtain
Curtain, Window
Cotton
Silk
Machine Sewn
Curtain, Window
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
McGrath, William L. (Maker)
Brookline, MA, USA
53 x 59 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.590A-E
Massachusetts (United States)
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