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Wide bed curtain


Crewelwork embroidery
American
18th Century
18th century
Object Place: Ipswich, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/Technique Linen plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions 220.5 x 197.5 cm (86 13/16 x 77 3/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Jason Westerfield
Accession Number59.473
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionLinen bed curtain with polychrome wool embroidered branching stem border with two columns of sprigs down the center; leaves, blossoms and fillings in New England laid stitch (Roumanian couching), dark blue stems in chain stitch, dark blue veins in leaves in stem stitch
ProvenanceLabeled "Colonial Embroidery about 1725. A part of a set of bed curtains lent by Miss Nellie Wade (Historical Society, Ips. 1900)" Returned May 16, 1952, Relent Oct. 21, 1953, Returned July 15, 1957, Relent May 9, 1959, made a gift, June 9, 1959.
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