Valance

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Title

Valance

Place

France (Object made in)

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Made 1801–1900

Medium

Silk, warp-float faced satin weave; painted appliquéd with linen, gauze weave; embroidered with silk chenilled and yarns in darning stitches, chain, and satin stitches; French knots

Dimensions

31.1 × 285 cm (12 1/4 × 112 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Bequest of Mrs. Watson Blair through the Antiquarian Society

Reference Number

1929.563

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