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Pair of curtain panels

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1847

GUSN

GUSN-249950

Description

Pair of rectangular wool curtain panels painted with wide repeating floral pattern of green, brown, grey, red and pink rose and peony clusters on beige ground. Repeating pattern with pale blue border motif edged with irregular black lines. Metal hanging clips. A - hemmed; B - unhemmed.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
wool (textile)
Curtain, Window

Inscription

"Blue figured [illeg.] / curtains for Grandmother / [illeg.] No. Andover / overhauled [?] - 1913 / Bought in 1847" (Blue ink and pencil)
"For Tom" (pencil)

Associated Building

Original To Field-Hodges House (North Andover, Mass.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

74 1/2 x 33 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Elizabeth Hodges Clark Beeuwkes

Accession Number

1999.43AB

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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