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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. K) 6" wide cotton panel across top with 2" wide casing at top. Netted fringe with tassels.
valances
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
Valance, Bed
Valance, Bed
Used At Eleazer Arnold House,
Possibly Bromley Hall Printworks (Maker)
East London, England; England
107 (W) (inches)
Gift of Mrs. Sterling S. Smith
1961.59K
------------. "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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