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Velvet cloth

Date

1890-1930

GUSN

GUSN-24487

Description

Rectangular piece of cut Genoese velvet cloth w/ raised foliate designs w/ scrolled leaves. Cream background w/ designs in red, blue, green and gold.

Details

Descriptive Terms

textiles
fragments
cloth
cutting (dividing)
velvet (fabric weave)
foliation (pattern)
scrolling foliage
Velvet
Cut
Foliate
CLOTH FRAGMENT

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20.25 x 21.5 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.5322

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