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Set of unfinished embroidered handscreens, one of three

18th century
Object PlaceUSA
Medium/TechniqueLinen with wool embroidery and silk tape
Dimensions28 x 27.7 cm (11 x 10 7/8 in.)
Credit LineHelen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession number52.1395b
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Chair seat cover
18th century
Quilted bed cover
Mary Drew Fifield
1713 (original bed hangings)
Bed valence
second quarter of the 18th century
Bed valance (Lowell family set)
first quarter of the 18th century
Valance
Elizabeth Parsons (Fogg)
around 1730–1740
Part of a valance
Elizabeth Parsons (Fogg)
around 1730–1740
Narrow bed curtain
Elizabeth Parsons (Fogg)
1750–75
Half of a wide bed curtain
Elizabeth Parsons (Fogg)
around 1730–1740