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Two Parts of a Curtain

1700s
Silk, gold, and silver on linen; embroidery
Overall: 295.3 x 135.9 cm (116 1/4 x 53 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1229
Location: not on view
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During the 1700s, stunning large embroidered door curtains such as these hung across doorways onto interior courtyards of multistoried residences. Light entered through their loosely woven linen ground while the reversible embroidered decoration provided beauty and privacy. Such curtains have three embroidered widths, the third missing here, joined by colorful plain silk ribbons flanking a French floral ribbon in the center.
Two Parts of a Curtain

Two Parts of a Curtain

1700s

Algeria

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