Valance

Object Name:

Valance

Object ID:

2002.636.01 a

Date:

1830-1850

Description:

Window Valance, one of three, 1830-1850. Wool and linen or cotton brocade. Red background with cream design. Lined with brown polished cotton. Bottom edge deeply shaped and edged with 2" braid, brown and cream. 54.5" wide, 35" long at sides, 22" long at center. Damask fabric woven with two ply Z-twist undyed cotton warp yarns and Z-twist red silk weft yarns. Lined with a backing of brown cambric. Six piece construction, three pieces of facing, three of backing fabric. Front facing and backing fabric consits of two 8"x8" triangles seamed to the bottom right and left edges of larger panel forming a point on each side. Gold/pink 1.5" passementerie hand stitched to bottom edges. Selvedges of both fabrics seamed with twill tape in between at top. Seven twill tape loops hand stitched on back lining fabric.

Material:

Textile
Cotton
Linen
Wool
Silk

Dimensions:

W-54 L-35 inches

Provenance:

Found in collection in 2002.

Subjects:

Damask, Cotton, Wool, Decoration, Interior, Decorations, Window, Passementerie, Valance, Curtains, Cambric