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Curtain

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

ca. 1840

GUSN

GUSN-5664

Description

Drab green ground; all over floral and foliate arabesque; colors: light green, blue, red, cream; rectangular panels; pleated at top; double ruffle on inner edge; ruffled tie backs pinned to bottom of panels.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
cotton (textile)
polish (coating)
wool (textile)
Cotton, Polished
Wool
Cotton
CURTAIN

Associated Building

Original to Rundlet-May House (Portsmouth, N.H.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

99 x 32 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.935.3

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