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Drapery

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1900-1991

GUSN

GUSN-5858

Description

Maroon cotton with diagonal linear design; top of each panel is pleated and cut to fit the round window head; a maroon fringe edges the exterior; tie backs of the same material.

Details

Descriptive Terms

draperies (curtains)
cotton (textile)
Cotton
DRAPERY

Associated Building

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

Maker

Unknown

Credit Line

Gift of Ralph May

Accession Number

1971.982A

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