A set of three shaped panels stitched together at the corners to form a single valance. Each panel is made from plain woven worsted wool harateen (originally green but faded to a shade of blue) with visible "watered" or "moire" stamped patterning. Each panel shows a shaped bottom edge of drop pendants with rounded, Chinoiserie-style corners. The edges of each panel are bound in pattern-woven wool and linen tape. Narrow wool and linen striped tape is applied in scrolling rococo patterns along width of valance. The panels are stiffened and backed with a roughly spun bast fiber plain weave. Possible tack holes at top edge.
bed valances
buckram
hand weaving
wool (textile)
Rococo
Hanging, Bed
Valance, Bed
Valance, Bed
Used At Stephen Robbins House,
Unknown
Boston; London, England
206 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1917.12
Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly
Possibly
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