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Wide bed curtain
Wide bed curtain

Wide bed curtain

1725–50
Place of CreationBoston, New England colonies
Medium/TechniqueCotton and linen plain weave embroidered with wool in chain, detatched chain, Roumanian, satin, and stem stitched
DimensionsOverall: 219.5 x 192.4 cm (86 7/16 x 75 3/4 in.)
Credit LineGift of Samuel Bradstreet
Accession number19.67
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceInherited by Samuel Bradstreet; Gift to the MFA, 1919
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late 18th–early 19th century
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early 20th century
Fragment
17th to 19th century
Embroidered cover
early 17th century
Textile fragment
mid-19th century
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19th century
Textile fragment
early 19th century
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19th or early 20th century