Wooden fixture with carved cornice. Slat angle adjustment (cord) on right, slat eight adjustment on left. Tapes are woven with ornate floral and diamond motifs. Cornice design comprised of two grape clusters and four grape leaves separated by C-shaped cu
Six ecru lace curtains. Ecru. Plain ribbed panel (23" x 95") bordered on bottom and one side by a 12-inch lace panel with griffins perched on curled leaves. This is sandwiched between two 5-inch arrays containing two rows of dots. The outer 5-inch scalloped lace edge borders both sides and the bottom of the panel. The top edge is unfinished. Near the top, some puncture marks,folds, remnants of long running stitch threads and thread tacks remain.
Fabric tape with "951" stamped on it is basted to lower inside corner.
2 pairs of curtain panels. Each of the four panels has a decorative edge on one length and across bottom. The outside length has a .25-inch hem stitched by a chain stitch machine. Top .50-inch hem is held down by large running stiches (hand-sewn). Netting panel is 26 inches wide, bordered along bottom and one side with 2.5-inch inner decorative border of twisted and woven cording creating alternate web and 4-petaled figures. A 1.75-inch section of netting is trimmed with a 1-inch wide scalloped edging on same length and bottom edges.
2 pairs (four panels: 1a-b, 2 a-b) of ecru net curtains stiff with dirt. 1/2-inch hem on one length is finished with plain wover tape on the inside.Lower edge and second side have 1/5-inch inner border of an open-woven design above 2.5 inches of netting that is finished with a picot edge tape edging. All sewing is machine straight stitch.
Top 4.5 inches is doubled over with folded pinched pleat clusters in three places.
All four are dirty, but 1a is discolored with sooty black dirt on one lower edge and corner. 2b is sooty and black across the entire lower edge. These curtains were used.
Object ID
W.1989.258.001.a-b
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Pair of curtains. Pink satin damask with plain pink lining. Pink flat-braid fringe along inner edge and 2.25' above bottom edge. Pattern on damask is a large orchid-like flower on a stalk with other small flowers and leaves. Gathered in pleats at top wit
Pair of silk curtains plus one additional curtain. Two-sided pink brocade with medallion with lyre, with flowering basket above and bow design below. Pattern is in vertical rows with stripes between. Pattern changes at bottom to a more stylized and scrol
