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Window valance

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1830-1860

GUSN

GUSN-9609

Description

White silk net; white cotton tambour work in large scale flowering vine; denser at top and bottom with denser area marked by scalloped band. Gauze tunnel attached at top. Scalloped inner edge and hem. Valance same as top portion of panel.

Details

Descriptive Terms

valances
cotton (textile)
gauze
stitching
silk (textile)
embroidering
Valance
Valance

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

20 1/2 x 35 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Bequest of Edgar J. Rollins

Accession Number

1946.308A

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