Loose, plain weave; applied 3" wide netted fringe; hanging bellflower strings. Large scale scenes: family along road walking past pairs of livestock and two men, one playing a flute. In background parkland with deer, castle/church and manor house. Tree border printed in blue and white ground. B) Panel; hemmed at top with netted fringe with bellflower strings across bottom and down one side.
bed curtains
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
fringe
hand weaving
linen (material)
machine sewing (technique)
net (textile)
piecing
tabby (textile)
alteration (process and technique)
toile (textile material)
Hanging, Bed
Curtain, Bed
Curtain, Bed
Used At Eleazer Arnold House,
Possibly Bromley Hall Printworks (Maker)
East London, England; England
40 (W) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Sterling S. Smith
1961.59B
------------. "Ceramic Chinoiserie," Antiques Magazine, August 1941,. [No Publisher].
Rhode Island (United States)
Possibly
Title Piece of Bed Hanging Accession Number 1961.59R
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