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Pair of Curtain Panels

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1824

GUSN

GUSN-248585

Description

Pair of curtains; yellow and pink silk; border with stylized pink floral brocade on yellow ground; heavily padded; central repeat motif of mariner's compass-like star.

Details

Descriptive Terms

tieback curtains
silk (textile)
brocade (textile)
floral patterns
Curtain, Window

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman

Accession Number

1969.3505.1AB

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