Rectangular, single piece; body of red wool brocaded with metallic thread; arborescent pattern. Top panel green velvet; band of gold metallic thread at bottom. Applied netted yarn with long cords; multi-colored tassels. Scalloped fringe inside edge and bottom. Top gathered onto five pleats. Back brown cotton; six brass hooks each pleat. Ring at top corner.
curtains
brocade (textile)
fringe
machine sewing (technique)
velvet (fabric weave)
wool (textile)
Curtain
Curtain, Window
Curtain, Window
Unknown
123 x 41 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Lawrence Coolidge
1983.116.2
------------. "Ceramic Chinoiserie," Antiques Magazine, August 1941,. [No Publisher].
Massachusetts (United States)
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