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Curtain panel

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1950-1960

GUSN

GUSN-9495

Description

Rectangular, single piece panel, heavy cotton; printed three toned green and yellow "cross hatching" in painterly strokes. Hemmed edges and ends.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
cotton (textile)
machine sewing (technique)
Curtain
Curtain, Window
Curtain, Window

Label

From "Waiting for a Gallery": In the 1950s, these curtains hung in the kitchen of the Lingel family's 1882 home in Medfield, Mass. The colors are characteristic of the period.

Inscription

Printed on selvages: A Waverly Bonded Fabric Cross Hatch

Pattern

Cross Hatch

Maker

Waverly (Manufacturer)

Dimensions

68 x 20 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. Thompson S. Lingel

Accession Number

1992.136B

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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