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Bed Curtain Fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1785-1800

GUSN

GUSN-36838

Description

Nearly square; red and white; sailors abducting Africans; background of village huts, palm trees and ships. Selvage edges.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bed curtains
cotton (textile)
piecing
toile (textile material)
Hanging, Bed
Curtain, Bed
Curtain, Bed

Associated Building

Original To Philip Call House,

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

English

Dimensions

27 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Estate of Miss Caroline M. Smith

Accession Number

1934.1156

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

Related Items

Title Bed Curtain Fragment Accession Number 1934.1263

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