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Textile Fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1920

GUSN

GUSN-258076

Description

Rectangular lenth of silk fabric decorated in Arts & Crafts style foliate motif; ground is forest green stylized leaves rendered in three shades of green, ovoid berries rendered in red and salmon ; fabric is folded and stored in manila envelope decorated with elephant on verso; in hope chest (acc.no. 1998.6174).

Details

Descriptive Terms

fragments
textiles
silk (textile)
paper (fiber product)
ink
Arts and Crafts (movement)
scrolling foliage
Textile
Cloth Fragment

Inscription

"FROM/ EAST INDIA HOUSE/ W.H. DAVIS & CO./ 373 Boylston Street,/ BOSTON, U.S.A."; (top left) "Agts. LIBERTY & CO./ REGENT STREET,/ LONDON, W." (printed)

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

54 x 26 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Sarah Moore Field

Accession Number

1998.6205

Places

North Andover (Essex county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly India (Asia) [subcontinent]
Possibly United Kingdom

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