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Wide bed curtain (Lowell family set)

around 1725
Object Placeprobably Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen and cotton twill (fustian) with wool embroidery
DimensionsOverall: 220.3 x 201 cm (86 3/4 x 79 1/8 in.)
Other (lengths of ground cloth): 193 x 59.1 cm (76 x 23 1/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Ellen W. Coolidge
Accession number53.2125
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Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1953, gift of Ellen W. Coolidge to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 10, 1953)
Quilted bed cover
Mary Drew Fifield
1713 (original bed hangings)
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second quarter of the 18th century
Quilted bed cover
Mary Drew Fifield
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