Ruffle, Dust
- Object Name:
- Ruffle, Dust
- Object ID:
- 2002.636.02 c
- Date:
- 1825-1840
- Description:
- Bed Skirt. Chintz. Red, green, blue flowering branches on pale green background. Gathered. Bound with woven tape. Strip of brown print cotton for attaching. Dust Ruffle Panel. One of three dust ruffle pieces that used to make up a dust ruffle. Plain weave white cotton ground combination black and roller printed Chintz with red brown, blue and green flowering vines. Construction of five 23" x 30" panels seamed selvedge to selvedge with a narrow hem. Both ends selvedge edges. Left facing panel pieced horizontally with 10.5" x 7.25", finnished with a narrow hem. Top gathered and seamed .25" to a 4.25" x 72" strip of fabric of brown and tan striped floral printed cotton, hemmed .50" on each end. Brown strip pieced 7" on the right side. Remenats of broken or completely missing ddark brown stitches spaced almost exactly Bottom finished with .5" blue and white cotton doube warp twill tape. Frangment is one side of dust ruffle.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Provenance:
- Found in collection 2002.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Collection
- Subjects:
- Chintz, Cotton, Textiles, Textile printing, Flowers, Vines, Dust ruffle, Bedding, Bedrooms, Beds, Interior decoration, Decoration, Interior
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