Valance
Unknown Maker
Scalloped valence with one seam. Chintz fabric features pineapples and exotic botanicals in brown, purple, greens, yellow, pink and red on a white ground.
Credit: Gift of Josephine Howell
18th century
Medium: cotton Technique: mordant painted and dyed and resist dyed (chintz) on plain weave Label: mordant painted and dyed and hand-painted cotton (chintz)
1973-51-61
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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