Window curtain hardware from the bedroom of the Worsham-Rockefeller House, 4 West 54th Street
Object type: Curtain hardware
Department: The American Wing
Culture: American
Artist: Unknown
Artist role: Maker
Date: ca. 1882
Medium: Brass
Dimensions: Small rings with single loop, 1 ¼” dia.: 4
Small rings with single  loop, 1 1/8” dia.: 5
U-shaped hooks with arm, 3 ¾” L, tagged BFWR-L and BFWR-R: 2
Screw hooks with trefoil ends, 2 7/8” L: 2
Very small ring with single loop, 1” dia.: 1
Very small drapery hook with small ring, 1 ½” H: 1
Unassembled finial (1), consisting of one 3 ¾” dia. Ring; two 3 ½” W globe halves; one 2 ¼” L finial end cap; one 2 1/8” L finial cup; one rod.
Assembled finial (6 parts), 7 ¼” L: 1
Lion’s heads brackets, ca. 5” H x 8” L: 2
Large, horizontally ribbed rings with single loop, ½” H x 2 7/8” dia.: 10
Large, horizontally ribbed rings with double loop, ½” H x 2 7/8” dia.” 2


Geography: Made in New York   United States  
Credit line: Gift of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2018
Accession year: 2018