Fragment of a bed curtain

late 17th or early 18th century

Object PlaceEngland

Medium/TechniqueLinen and cotton twill embroidered with wool

Dimensions140 x 66 cm (55 1/8 x 26 in.)

Credit LineThe Elizabeth Day McCormick Collection

Accession number53.172

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ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Provenance1953, gift of Elizabeth Day McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 16, 1953)

around 1725

Mary Fifield Adams

first quarter of the 18th century

late 17th–early 18th century

1683

mid-17th century

late 17th–early 18th century

Mary Drew Fifield

1713 (original bed hangings)

early 18th century

first quarter of the 18th century

first quarter of the 18th century

early 18th century

mid- to late 19th century