Nearly square, red and white, hemmed. Two couples, one gentile, the other harlequin-like, flanked by architectural pedestal with pomegranate tree in classical urn on one side, classical ruin on other. Below, mansion with padlock on door; black man foreground picking up basket. Framed in floral groupings or vines.
bed curtains
fragments
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
toile (textile material)
Hanging, Bed
Curtain, Bed
Curtain, Bed
Original To Stephen Robbins House,
Bickerstaff, Isaac (Artist, Designer)
England
34 (W) (inches)
Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone
1917.1363
Massachusetts (United States)
England (United Kingdom) [country]
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