Images(2)

Bell Pull

1830-1840s

Object PlaceBoston, Massachusetts, United States

Medium/TechniquePainted cotton velvet, cotton plain weave, silk plain weave, gilt metal, cardboard

DimensionsOverall: 12.1 x 198.1 cm (4 3/4 x 78 in.)
Other (original length): 254 cm (100 in.)
Other (card used as backing): 7.6 x 11.4 cm (3 x 4 1/2 in.)

Credit LineAnonymous gift

Accession number2015.3288.1-3

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

InscriptionsPrinted and written on card sewn inside top portion: "Mr. and Mrs. Gurry [handwritten] Returns ["s" crossed out] Thanks for the honor of Mrs. Nuthall's [handwritten] Obliging Enquiries Stepforth Little Newport St. [printer's mark, Newport St. in Dorchester]" Handwritten on reverse of card sewn inside top portion: "Mrs. Nuthall"

ProvenancePurchased at auction by an anonymous donor; 2015, gift of an anonymous donor to the MFA. (Accession date: December 16, 2015)