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Curtain Set

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1930-1940

GUSN

GUSN-59270

Description

Yellow silk damask curtains with a Chinoiserie pattern. The set includes a valance (A), two side panels (B-C), and two tie-backs.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
damask
silk (textile)
Curtain
Curtain

Associated Building

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

Maker

French & Co. (Maker)

Location of Origin

New York, NY, USA

Credit Line

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

Accession Number

1942.2830.1A-C

Places

New York state (United States)

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