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Part of a set of bed hangings
Crewelwork embroidery
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Bed valance (Lowell family set)
Part of a set of bed hangings
Crewelwork embroidery
American (New England)
first quarter of the 18th century
Object Place: probably Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/Technique
Linen and cotton twill (fustian) with wool embroidery, linen and cotton tape
Dimensions
28.7 x 224 cm (11 5/16 x 88 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Ellen W. Coolidge
Accession Number53.2126
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLinen and plain twill ground in about four pieces with wool embroidery; design of hillocks, one with broken tree trunk, sprays of large flowers, some quite realistic with highly ornamental foliage; piece added to left end embroidered with hillock with flowers, stag and strawberries; hillocks or mounds, berries, and leaves in New England Laid stitch (Roumanian Couching) and satin stitch (some flowers and leaves stitched in combination of New England Laid stitch and satin stitch), outline across top of mound in stem stitch, dark blue thin stems and outlines of leaves and flowers chain stitch and filled with star and link stitches, thicker beige stems and thin leaves in herringbone stitch, veins of leaves in branching stem stitch, green and white hillock with broken trunk filled with couched broken stem stitch; uneven lower edge bound with tape (added later)