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Curtain fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1870-1900

GUSN

GUSN-24435

Description

Piece of woven cotton cloth once a curtain. Cream w/ foliate detail in pink, green and gold. Details include pink roses, green leaves, scrolled gold stems and gold shells. Has been cut up as fabric.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
cotton (textile)
shell (animal material)
weaving
leaf (plant material)
foliation (pattern)
floral patterns
rose (genus)
shell (animal material)
Cotton
Woven
Rose
Leaves
Shell
CURTAIN

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

63 x 48 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.5276

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