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Border with Peacock Motif

1700s-1800s

Russia, 1700s-1800s

Medium
Linen: needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, tape lace edging; applied silk (est.) ribbon and embroidery
Measurements
Overall: 52.1 x 145.4 cm (20 1/2 x 57 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. H. Wade 1921.1141
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Handmade lace for marriage dowries was produced in large quantities in Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Description

This valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed, was a typical object from the dowry of a bride in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Russia. The valance, which shows a magnificent peacock flanked by temples or shrines, would have been made for the wedding night of a newlywed couple.

Border with Peacock Motif

1700s-1800s

Russia, 1700s-1800s

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