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Valances

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1860-1865

GUSN

GUSN-245839

Description

Valances; cascades; silk rep/cotton chitz matching the rest of the set; Rep face on all cascades pieced together; holes across top, perhaps for drapery hardward; loose threads along edges, perhaps remains of fringe; hand-stitched; striaght top and outer edge; inner edge cut away, tapering to a point.

Details

Descriptive Terms

valances
Drapery
Textile
Valance

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

43 x 27 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Willard Emery

Accession Number

1961.98P

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