Window valance

Item Information

Title:
Window valance
Description:
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.
Date:
1855–1865
Format:
Objects/Artifacts
Genre:
chintz
cotton (textile)
glazing (coating process)
piecing (needleworking)
tabby (textile)
silk (textile)
valances
Location:
Historic New England
Collection (local):
Digitized Museum Collections
Extent:
Approximate: 50 1/2 in. x 200 in. (H x W)
Link to Item:
http://gusn.us/9643
Terms of Use:
Rights status not evaluated.
Contact host institution for more information.
Notes:
Estate of Miss Frances R. Morse
Accession #:
1929.360
Identifier:
9643