Curtain, Door
- Object Name:
- Curtain, Door
- Object ID:
- 1967.037.02 a
- Date:
- circa 1890
- Description:
- Door Curtain / Portiere. One of two green and gold silk lampas weave panels with a cotton weft and silk warp. Stripe design with scrolling medallions. Panel runs selvedge to selvedge. One end finished with 13 9" tassels, constructed silk warp yarns that have been gathered, trimmed with lengths of warp thread scalloped around head of tassel and stitched in place. Other end hemmed .25", 18 3.50" tassels applied to edge of hem. According to the donor the portieres belonged to Mary R. Swain (1835-1911) (aunt) and David A. Swain (uncle) (1842-1914), a sea captain from Nova Scotia who may have lived in Dover, NH when these portieres were in his possession. One of a pair.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-51 L-114.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Hazel (Swain) Durfee (1891-1987). Lived in Concord, NH, at the time of donation. According to the donor the portieres belonged to her aunt Mary R. Swain (1835-1911) and uncle David A. Swain (1842-1948), a sea captain from Nova Scotia.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Hazel H. Durfee
- Subjects:
- Lampas weave, Tassels, Curtains, Doors & doorways
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