Hanging, Bed

Object Name:

Hanging, Bed

Object ID:

1957.065.02.38 c

Date:

1966-1983

Description:

Part of a set of bed hangings. Blue linen lined with rose. Bound on bottom and one side with rose. Woven tape hanging loops.

Bed curtain. Reproduction. Part of a set of bed hangings. Curtains for front of the bed. Constructed of five17.50" wide panels, three panels from top to bottom measuring 33", 33.5", 10.5" seamed horizontally, of blue synthetic possibly polyester (front). One rose linen panel (back). Both fabrics slubby. Edges bound and hand stitched with rose linen tape. Five woven blue twill tape hanging loops spaced 4" apart, stitched to top.

Material:

Textile
Linen
Polyester

Dimensions:

W-17.5 L-78 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