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Dust Ruffle

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1930-1950

GUSN

GUSN-56881

Description

Dust ruffle. Muslin center section with green cotton sateen ruffles along one side and at foot. The right side ruffle between the wall and the bed has been cut off.

Details

Descriptive Terms

dust ruffles
cotton (textile)
Ruffle, Dust

Associated Building

Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

P92

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

United States

Dimensions

98 x 77 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann

Accession Number

1942.4760.1

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