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Bed Curtain

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1830

GUSN

GUSN-223075

Description

Two side curtains (.3ab); each consists of two widths of glazed chintz, connected across the top by a four inch wide strip of fabric; chintz has brown background with red, yellow, green, blue and white floral and pillar design oriented vertically; edges bound by striped cotton tape.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bed curtains
chintz
block printing (relief printing process)
floral patterns
pillars
Curtain

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

78 x 77 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. James Coggeshall

Accession Number

2003.21.1.3AB

Places

Rollinsford (Strafford county, New Hampshire)
New Hampshire (United States)
England (United Kingdom) [country]

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