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Bed valance or embroidered band
Crewelwork embroidery
Part of a bed curtain
Petticoat border
Bed valance or embroidered band
Crewelwork embroidery
Part of a bed curtain
American
mid 18th century
Object Place: Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen plain weave with wool embroidery
Dimensions
Overall: 21.5 x 225cm (8 7/16 x 88 9/16in.)
Other (Warp dimension): 21.5cm (8 7/16in.)
Other (Weft dimension): 225cm (88 9/16in.)
Other (Warp dimension): 21.5cm (8 7/16in.)
Other (Weft dimension): 225cm (88 9/16in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Maxim Karolik
Accession Number32.64
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLinen embroidered with wool in floral motifs with a seated female figure in 18th-century dress with lamb on lap in center; mostly Roumanian couching stitch used for solid areas; stem stitch used for stems, vines and outlines; possibly back stitch used for stippling on bird and center of large blue flower on right; bullion stitch or French knots used for fleece of lamb; possibly fern stitch used for leaves of thin trees
ProvenanceLent by Miss Martha C. Codman, Feb. 1, 1922. "From Mrs. Huntington Smith, née Anna Harris." The lender