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Curtain tassels

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Collection Type

  • Decorative arts

Date

1880-1920

GUSN

GUSN-24449

Description

Pair of gold cotton curtain tassels. Turned wooden bases over which crown of tassel is threaded; secured by brown thread. Tassles have strips of brown interspersed w/ gold.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tiebacks (fasteners)
cotton (textile)
Cotton
LOOP, CURTAIN

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

11 (H), 1.75 (diameter) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.5287AB

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