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Piece of Bed Hanging

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1765-1774

GUSN

GUSN-9323

Description

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. R) White linen fragment woven in large scale M's & O's pattern; netted cotton fringe with tassels.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bed hangings
cloth
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

Associated Building

Used At Eleazer Arnold House,

Maker

Possibly Bromley Hall Printworks (Maker)

Location of Origin

East London, England; England

Dimensions

17 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Sterling S. Smith

Accession Number

1961.59R

Reference Notes

------------. "Ceramic Chinoiserie," Antiques Magazine, August 1941,. [No Publisher].

Places

Rhode Island (United States)
Possibly

Related Items

Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59A
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59B
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59C
Title Bed Valence Accession Number 1961.59D
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59E
Title Bed Valance Accession Number 1961.59F
Title Extra Cloth from Set of Bed Hangings Accession Number 1961.59G
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59H
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59I
Title Bed Valance Accession Number 1961.59J
Title Bed Valance Accession Number 1961.59K
Title Bed Valance Accession Number 1961.59L
Title Bed Valance Accession Number 1961.59M
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59N
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59O
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59P
Title Bed Curtain Accession Number 1961.59Q

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