Hanging, Bed

Object Name:

Hanging, Bed

Object ID:

1957.065.02.38 h

Date:

1800-1850

Description:

Bed hanging front. Constructed from repurposed Sindhi embroidered textile. Five panels seamed vertically measuring 12" x 7", 10.25" x 14", 10.25" x 19", 10" x 19.5", and 12" x 14", 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 0.75" 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 wool yarn.

Material:

Textile
Linen
Cotton
Wool

Dimensions:

W-72 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, Embriodery, ethnic, Cotton, Sindhi