Quaker Lace Co. Casement net curtain, "Bon Volant", 1926

Description (Brief):

One Quaker Lace Co. Casement net curtain, "Bon Volant", 1926. Curtain panel length, 2 1/4 yards. Made of cotton and rayon on a craft lace curtain loom. Duchesse stripe and border design on a shantung net ground. The bottom is scalloped and finished with a lace flounce. Color: gold.

Date Made: 1926

Maker: Quaker Lace Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Credit Line: Gift of Quaker Lace Company

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.T05447.000Catalog Number: T05447.000

Object Name: Lace, Machinelace, machine-made

Physical Description: cotton; rayon (overall material)machine-made lace; curtain net (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 2 1/4 yd; 2.0574 m

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-7ca7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_625597

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