Hanging, Bed
- Object Name:
- Hanging, Bed
- Object ID:
- 1957.065.02.38 b
- Date:
- 1966-1983
- Description:
- Part of a set of bed hangings. Blue linen lined with rose. 1/2" rose binding. Woven tape hanging loops.
Bed curtain. Reproduction. Part of a set of bed hangings. Constructed of four 18" wide panels, two blue linen (front), two rose linen (back). Both fabrics are very slubby. Edges bound with rose linen tape (same fabric as 1957.065.02.38 f-h). Ten woven blue twill tape hanging loops spaced 4" apart, stitched to top. - Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- W-37 L-77 inches
- Provenance:
- Part of the Prentis Collection, exhibited in the "bedroom" of the NHHS Prentis rooms. Listed as "English, late 17th C." on Prentis Collection inventory.
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:
- Murphy, Katharine Prentis (1882-1967), Prentis, Edmund Astley, Jr. (1883-1967), Murphy, David E. (1859-1919)
- Subjects:
- Linen, Bedding, Bed curtain, Textiles, Interior decoration, Reproductions
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