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Window curtain panel

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1840-1870

GUSN

GUSN-9542

Description

Rectangular; center seam open at top. Green silk embroidered with silk green and brown floral sprigs and flowers. Gathered across top on casing with cord.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
brocade (textile)
piecing
alteration (process and technique)
silk (textile)
floral patterns
Silk
Brocade
Remade
Floral
Pieced
CURTAIN, WINDOW

Associated Building

Used At Sayward House,

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

London, England, Spittlefield

Dimensions

35.5 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the heirs of Elizabeth Cheever Wheeler

Accession Number

1977.558

Places

Maine (United States)

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