A rectangular panel of dark blue velvet, oil painted with a branch of apple blossoms(?) in shades of green, grey, pink, brown and yellow. It hangs from a narrow brass rod with cone and urn form finials and six small brass rings. Four blue silk pom-poms hang from the panel base. The brass rod is suspended from blue silk cord without a blue pom-pom at each end. The panel is backed in medium blue sateen.
wall hangings
brass (alloy)
oil paint (paint)
cloth
silk (textile)
textiles
velvet (fabric weave)
floral patterns
flowers (plants)
Velvet
Oil
Brass
Silk
Floral
Apple Blossoms
Sateen
Unidentified Textile
PICTURE
Original to Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm (Newbury, Mass.),
Unknown
17.5 x 13.5 (HxW) (inches)
Bequest of Amelia W. Little
1986.1168
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