1850-1870
GUSN-58646
A pair of curtains constructed from wool challis printed with large-scale polychrome floral bouquets on a dark purple/aubergine ground and lined with red wool twill. Tiebacks of red silk cord.
portieres
printing (process)
wool (textile)
Curtain
Curtain, Doorway
Wool
Transfer Printed
Curtain, Doorway
Original to Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House (Gloucester, Mass.),
P410.1
Unknown
87 x 22.5 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Constance McCann Betts, Helena Woolworth Guest and Frasier W. McCann
1942.4971.1
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