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Wide bed curtain
American, Boston
Colonial
1725–50
Place of Creation: Boston, New England colonies
Medium/Technique
Cotton and linen plain weave embroidered with wool in chain, detatched chain, Roumanian, satin, and stem stitched
Dimensions
Overall: 219.5 x 192.4 cm (86 7/16 x 75 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Samuel Bradstreet
Accession Number19.67
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWide bed curtain made from several lengths of cotton and linen plain weave, probably imported from England, sewn together along their selvages in abutting seams. It is embroidered with wool threads in a foliate vine design in a range of colors, including pink, red, blue, green, brown, yellow, and black.
ProvenanceInherited by Samuel Bradstreet; Gift to the MFA, 1919