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Bed curtain in a set of two wide and two narrow (one wide curtain)

English
Late 17th or early 18th century
Object Place: England

Medium/Technique Embroidered wool
Dimensions 221 x 216 cm (87 x 85 1/16 in.)
Credit Line Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number60.159
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionSet of two narrow and two wide bed curtains. Polychrome wool yarns embroidered on linen warp and cotton weft ground, woven in weft-faced twill (fustian). Branches with large leaves and flowers. Hilly landscape below with hunter and dog pursuing deer. Same design as sets in Historic Deerfield and Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Ground repaired in several areas. Matching valance is 61.1031.