Bed hangings
date: label: Date
content: late 17th–early 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two sets of curtains and six valences (three for bed and three for tester.) The design is one of cartouches of genre scenes alternated with grotesques and strapwork in bright colors on an off-white background.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Peter H. Sharp, Caroline Sharp and Randall Sharp
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1993-88-1-a/l
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Bed hangings
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Technique: embroidery, tent stitch
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 48.3 × 52.1 cm (19 in. × 20 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 47 × 52.7 cm (18 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (c): 48.3 × 52.1 cm (19 in. × 20 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (d): 48.9 × 52.1 cm (19 1/4 × 20 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (e): 43.8 × 193.7 cm (17 1/4 in. × 6 ft. 4 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (f): 38.1 × 194.9 cm (15 in. × 6 ft. 4 3/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (g): 45.1 × 199.4 cm (17 3/4 in. × 6 ft. 6 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (h): 37.1 × 196.2 cm (14 5/8 in. × 6 ft. 5 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (i): 36.8 × 165.7 cm (14 1/2 in. × 5 ft. 5 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (j): 45.1