Glazed silk; painterly stylistic polychromatic floral bunches of various flowers; dark reddish-purple ground. Applied ruffle of same along bottom edge which has two shaped drop pendants flanked by equal cascade at end. Back of brown cotton.
valances
chintz
cotton (textile)
glazing (coating)
piecing
tabby (textile)
silk (textile)
Valance
Valance
Unknown
50 1/2 x 200 (HxW) (inches)
Estate of Miss Frances R. Morse
1929.360
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