Base or Head Bed Curtain

Item Information

Title:
Base or Head Bed Curtain
Description:
Twilled fustian; two shades of green crewel wool embroidery in large scale outline floral designs of long leafy stemmed plants. A) Rectangular panel of five pieces; thirteen tabs appear to be cotton tape. Linen tape binding across top.
Date:
1669–1679
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
crewelwork (technique)
cross-stitching
embroidering
fustian
stitching (generic process)
piecing (needleworking)
weaving
wool (textile)
bed curtains
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Subjects:
Jacobean (culture or period)
Fustian
Twilled
Crewelworked
Hand Stitched
Embroidered
Pieced
Cross-stitched
Wool
Places:
Massachusetts
Extent:
96 in. x 71.5 in. (W x L); 4 in. (L)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/9297
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Accession #:
1964.5A
Identifier:
9297