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Two rectangular, single piece red silk rep panels joined at top and gathered onto six pleats; eight brass hooks between panels. Applied 12-1/4" wide burgundy velvet panel with black and white sawtooth edges at top. Remains of red three-ply cording around edges.
portieres
cotton (textile)
glazing (coating)
alteration (process and technique)
silk (textile)
textiles
velvet (fabric weave)
tin (metal)
Curtain
Curtain, Doorway
Portiere
Silk
Rep
Cotton
Velvet
Tin Glazed
Remade
Unidentified Textile
Portiere
Used At Harrison Gray Otis House, Second House (Boston, Mass.),
Unknown
105 x 40 (HxW) (inches)
1983.115
Massachusetts (United States)
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