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Window curtain fragment

Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1790-1805

GUSN

GUSN-9666

Description

Rectangular, fine cotton; hemmed ends; selvage sides. Copperplate images of sports and games in red; off white ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

curtains
fragments
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
weaving
machine-made
tabby (textile)
toile (textile material)
Curtain
Curtain, Window
Curtain, Window

Associated Building

Used At Vauxhall Gardens,

Additional Identification Number

1917.1364 BX

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

England

Dimensions

54 x 26 1/2 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Ellen A. Robbins Stone

Accession Number

1917.1364B

Reference Notes

------------. "Ceramic Chinoiserie," Antiques Magazine, August 1941,. [No Publisher].

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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