Valances
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Maker
content: Wetter Freres, France, 1802
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two shaped valances made of the same fabric. The width differs on each of them but the height is the same. The pattern is a polychrome design of fruits and flowers on a white background. The valances are interlined, lined with linen plain weave and bound with woven green silk tape. The original glaze is on the fabric.
place: label: made in
content: Vaucluse, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Elinor Merrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1995-50-231-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Valances
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 48 × 158.5 cm (18 7/8 in. × 5 ft. 2 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 48 × 103 cm (18 7/8 × 40 9/16 in.)