Hanging, Bed

Object Name:

Hanging, Bed

Object ID:

1957.065.02.38 a

Date:

1966-1983

Description:

Part of a set of bed hangings. Blue linen lined with rose (two different types used). Woven tape hanging loops.

Bed curtain. Reproduction. Part of a set of bed hangings. Constructed of five 18.5" wide panels, front right blue linen, front left synthetic (possibly polyester), backed with two different rose linen fabric panels. Left blue panel pieced at top with 33.5" long synthetic (possibly polyester) panel. Both fabrics are very slubby. Edges bound with rose linen tape (same as 1957.065.02.38 f-h). 11 woven twill tape hanging loops spaced 4" apart, stitched to top.

Material:

Textile
Linen
Polyester

Dimensions:

W-36.5 L-77 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Prentis Collection, exhibited in the "bedroom" of the NHHS Prentis rooms. The Prentis Collection -- given by Katherine Prentis Murphy and her brother Edmund Astley Prentis, in memory of Katherine's husband, David Edward Murphy -- formed the contents of a suite of early New England "period rooms," meant to represent the home of a prosperous New England merchant c. 1730. The rooms were exhibited at the New Hampshire Historical Society (30 Park St.), 1957-1983.

Credit Line:

Gift of Katharine Prentis Murphy and Edmund Astley Prentis Jr., in Memory of David Edward Murphy

People:

Prentis, Edmund Astley, Jr. (1883-1967), Murphy, David E. (1859-1919), Murphy, Katharine Prentis (1882-1967)

Subjects:

Linen, Polyester, Bedding, Bed curtain, Textiles, Interior decoration, Reproductions