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Unknown and J.G. Valiant Company

Renaissance Revival Voided Cut Velvet

1909

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Renaissance Revival Voided Cut Velvet

1909

Physical Qualities Silk pile, silk warp, cotton and copper foil-wrapped cotton wefts, 51 1/2 x 25 1/4 in. (130.8 x 64.1 cm.)
Credit Line Gift of Lawrie Platt Hall, Orlando, Florida
Object Number 2006.44
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 2006; Lawrie Platt Hall (b. 1942), Orlando, FL by descent; Virginia Griffith Stein Pitcher (1909-2005) Baltimore, MD.
Rotation in American Wing, 1st floor, Decorative Arts Hallway, February 15, 2011- out beginning August 2011.

Inscribed: Paper tag attached to the textile with a metal clasp reads: Obverse, printed unless otherwise noted: "THE J.G. VALIANT COMPANY/BALTIMORE - WASHINGTON" "Fabric Velvet (handwritten, ink) Period P.B. No 66 (handwritten, ink) Color Gun Metal (handwritten, ink) C. STF Sell $15.75" Reverse, printed unless otherwise noted: "PATENT A. KIMBALL CO. NEW YORK No. 8F Mus 2S6 12644541" "1-1/2 x 24"" (handwritten, ink) "500" (handwritten, blue pencil?)

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