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Damask Table Scarf

1875

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Unknown

Damask Table Scarf

1875

Physical Qualities Linen, silk, 52 x 24 in. (132.1 x 61 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Dorothy McCoach, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Object Number 2008.29
A small rectangular damask-woven table scarf of dark creme-colored linen wiith a monochrome field pattern of flowers, vines, grapes, leaves and hummingbirds. At each end of the table scarf is a two-tone woven border in gold-colored and natural linen. These borders consist of two thin outer stripes, each approx. 5/8 in. wide patterned with a quatrefoil within a circle, and a broader stripe 3 in. wide patterned with a zigzagging stripe woven in a damask pattern of birds and flowers in gold on natural ground. In the triangular spaces outside of this zigzag pattern are designs in natural on a gold ground. The long sides also feature a narrow decorative monotone damask pattern within one inch of the selvages. A 4-1/2 in. fringe finishes both short sides. The fibers appear very lustrous and somewhat irregular.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2008; Dorothy D. McCoach, Bethlehem, PA, by gift; Kate Fowler Merle-Smith, by purchase; Private Collector by purchase; Philadelphia 1876 Centennial Exposition.

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2000-01-01 00:00:00–2000-01-01 00:00:00

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