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Image Not Available for Bed valance (Lowell family set)
Bed valance (Lowell family set)
Image Not Available for Bed valance (Lowell family set)

Bed valance (Lowell family set)

around 1725
Object Placeprobably Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Medium/TechniqueLinen and cotton twill (fustian) with wool embroidery
DimensionsOverall: 22.9 x 77.5 cm (9 x 30 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Harriet Ropes Cabot
Accession number1979.778c
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ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceLent by Mrs. Harriet Ropes Cabot October 10, 1946
Quilted bed cover
Mary Drew Fifield
1713 (original bed hangings)
View 3
first quarter of the 18th century
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second quarter of the 18th century
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second quarter of the 18th century
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second quarter of the 18th century
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second quarter of the 18th century
Cover for a chair seat
second quarter of the 18th century
Quilted bed cover
Mary Drew Fifield
about 1713 (orignal bed hangings)