drape, incomplete
date: label: date made
content: estimated 20th century
label: used date
content: 20th century
name: label: user
content: Tuckerman, Walter R.
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: Drape. Incomplete fabric drape. Drape in blue, gold, and black. It is the match 234919.0055a, but it is missing significant amounts of the outer brocade fabric and is has be unstitched from its intended shape. The top 13 ¾” of the drape is complete, below that the outer brocade has been cut away for the next 42 ¾ inches. The tope of the drape has 4 knife pleats. The cream wool interlining of the is visible majority of the drape’s length. The brocade starts after the bottom section. The fringe was not cut with the brocade, so there is a length of warp-face tape with self-fringe that is loose. It used to extend to the top of the drape. The drape had been gathered and stitched together to drape decoratively, but the stitching has been undone to create a flat length of fabric. There is scaring from where stiches used to be. Along the bottom section of the Some of velvet stripe is missing, it has been cut. The cord that runs along the top and bottom of the stripe has been unpicked. The bottom of the drape has been left intact. It has the same warp-face tape and alternating tied tassels as 234919.0055a. Along with the drape, there is a loose piece of fabric 23 ½ x 8 approximately. It is of the same brocade as the drape and came from the middle section of the drape where the brocade was removed.
label: Description
content: This drape (part of a set 234919.0055a-k) was donated by the daughters of Walter Tuckerman, a prominent man in the banking, real estate, and naturalist world of Maryland in the 20th century. In his early adulthood, he was part of the Alaskan Border Survey Commission in 1909. His letters home are full of optimism and wonder at the wilderness of Alaska, he even received the honor of a mountain named after him, Mt. Tuck. After he returned from Alaska, he founded The Bank of Bethesda in Bethesda, Maryland. Tuckerman also led the development of the nearby neighborhood of Edgemoor in Bethesda, Maryland. His daughters donated the drapes with a note stating that they came “from our parent’s house” (page 178 of scanned accession file). It is likely that the house in question was the family home called Tuxeden in Bethesda. Walter Tuckerman's lifelong love of adventure and the outdoors became a love of golf later in his life. he was an active member of his local golf club, and he won many trophies.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Maryland, Bethesda, Edgemoor
label: associated place
content: United States: Alaska
topic: label: associated subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
label: associated subject
content: Banks
setName: label: See more items in
content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. E. Tuckerman Biays, Mrs. Draper L. Kauffman, Mrs. Robert G. Metters, Mrs. Willard Triest, and Mrs. Robert H. Williams
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.234919.0055b
label: accession number
content: 234919
label: catalog number
content: 234919.0055b
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drape, incomplete
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brocade, velvet (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: blue, black, gold (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 117 in x 50 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 297.18 cm x 129.2225 cm x 6.0325 cm