Valance, Blue Copperplate Print

DateCa. 1820

Artist/Maker John Marshall (1755-1835)

MediumCotton, linen

DimensionsWidth at top band, 40 1/4"; height 12 3/4" Textile width: 26 1/2" no repeat; 44 warps per inch; 52 wefts per inch

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1957-143,1

DescriptionGathered valance, one of two, printed in blue on white with rural scenes, including four men being watched by a hunter as they cut and bundle wheat; two men working with pick and shovel near a cart and a pair of horses; two soldiers and two women conversing by a stream; two soldiers and two woman conversing by a stream; and a group seated around a campfire while a donkey carrying a baby in a wicker container grazes nearby. Valance is gathered to resist-printed binding across the top and bound on two sides with blue linen tape. The valance once had netted fringe, which is now missing.