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Window Curtain Set

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1890-1900

GUSN

GUSN-9503

Description

Gold silk damask; large scale motif of flower-filled basket suspended from urn by ribbon. Fully lined with tan cotton twill. Ten pleated pockets across top, above 1" wide band of metallic gimp. Trimmed with knotted silk fringe; brass hooks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

valances
cotton (textile)
damask
fringe
hand sewing
machine-made
silk (textile)
twill
Valance
Valance

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

60 x 75 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1990.516.2A

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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