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1964-35,4, Curtain
Valance, Blue Copperplate Print
1964-35,4, Curtain

Valance, Blue Copperplate Print

Date1770-1780
OriginEngland
MediumCotton with a linen lining (fiber identification by microscope)
DimensionsOH: 13 1/2" x OW: 79" wide gathered into 58 3/4" at top
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1964-35,4
DescriptionThis is a bed valance for the top of a tall-post bedstead. The valance is constructed of blue on white copperplate-printed cotton in a design of undulating floral ribbon stripes interspersed with naturalistic blossoms, alternating with c-scroll chains entwined with flowering vines. All four sides are bound with a folded-over textile block printed on cotton in a meandering lace-like floral pattern. The valance consists of 79 inches gathered into a heading 58 3/4 inches wide at the top (where it would be fastened to the wood of the bedstead). The valance is lined with white linen.
Label TextThis valance was part of a set of bed "furniture" to enclose a tall-post bedstead. The gathered valance hid the curtain rods and other hardware.