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Valance from a set 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. Bottom edge of valance embellished with wooden spool core pink and yellow silk wrapped fringe.
valances
silk (textile)
brocade (textile)
floral patterns
Valance
Unknown
Bequest of Dorothy S.F.M. Codman
1969.3505.2
1820 (circa)
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