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Conservation Status: After Treatment
Crewel embroidered bed curtain
Conservation Status: After Treatment

Crewel embroidered bed curtain

early 18th century
Medium/TechniqueCotton twill, embroidered with wool
DimensionsLength x width: 188 x 134.6 cm (74 x 53 in.)
Credit LineTextile Curator's Fund
Accession number2013.376
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ClassificationsTextiles
Provenance1975, sold by Avis and Rockwell Gardiner, Stamford, CT, to the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, Williamsburg, VA (accession no. 1975-236); deaccessioned by Colonial Williamsburg and consigned for sale, March 3, 2013, American Furniture and Decorative Arts auction (sale no. 2640B), Skinner, Boston, lot 57, to the MFA. (Accession Date: April 24, 2013)
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