Hanging, Bed

Object Name:

Hanging, Bed

Object ID:

1957.065.02.38 g

Date:

1800-1850

Description:

Part of bed hanging set. Bed valance, side piece. Blue linen with rose and ecru embroidery.

Bed hanging front. Constructed from repurposed Sindhi embriodered textile. Five panels pieced vertically measuring 12" x 19", 10" x 2", 10" x 39", 10" x 19" with two measuring 9" x 13" and 12" x 3 pieced horizontally of blue cotton plain weave of Z twisted single resist dyed yarns joined with whipstitches, backed with a single panel of machine manufactured plain woven rose colored linen. Edges finished with a .75" binding of rose fabric (same as backing). Cross and chain stitch embroidered with three ply rose and tan cotton S twisted yarns. Four areas embroidered in white and yellow two ply S twisted yarn wool yarn. Embroidered front of bed hanging is a repurposed historic textile.

Material:

Textile
Linen
Cotton
Wool

Dimensions:

W-71.75 L-12 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:

Bedding, Bed curtain, Textiles, Interior decoration, Embroidery, Imports, Sindhi, Embriodery, ethnic