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Window Curtain

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1900-1930

GUSN

GUSN-9575

Description

Off white; edges finished with applied white cotton woven tape with scalloped edge. Machine sewn hems and seams. B) 1-3/8" wide machine sewn casing; 2-1/2" wide ruffle across top. Applied woven tape fringe down one side and across bottom.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
cotton (textile)
dimity
fringe
machine sewing (technique)
weaving
machine-made
alteration (process and technique)
Curtain
Curtain, Window
Curtain, Window

Additional Identification Number

1961.90 BX

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

80 x 37 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Accession Number

1961.90B

Places

Possibly Massachusetts (United States)
Possibly

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