Curtains
date: label: Date
content: 1850–99
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Curtain panels of black net with ochre cotton appliqué forming flowers and leaves outlined in chain stitch with tan and light brown silk or covered in chain stitch with white, pale and bright pink, yellow, tan or pale green silks. In center is a large basket with overflowing flowers and leaves suspended on two long ribbons from the top of the curtain. Sides and bottom are scalloped. Some of the centers of the blossoms have been cut out and filled with six threads knotted in the center to form spokes.
place: label: made in
content: France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Virginia Field
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1971-29-1-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: embroidery & stitching
label: Type
content: Curtains
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton, silk Technique: appliqué on net
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (a): 264 x 147 cm (8 ft. 7 15/16 in. x 57 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (b): 270 x 148 cm (8 ft. 10 5/16 in. x 58 1/4 in.)