1910?
window treatment
Gray and white plaid pineapple cloth; 12" deep, 156" around (hand sewn in a wide loop); hand sewn rolled hem on edges; 2” deep white stiff cotton sewn around one edge but only secured one side so doesn’t appear to be a casing; remnants of heavier cotton thread running stitch ~1.25” from the other edge (for gathering?); very good condition; few small stains; unmounted
Provenance:
Hicks, Miss Elizabeth of Tolland, CT. Nov. 1956; this fabric was used as a window ruffle in Miss Hicks' grandfather's shop
Construction Label:
Pineapple cloth
1956T 1910.375
Gray and white plaid pineapple cloth; 12" deep, 156" around (hand sewn in a wide loop); hand sewn rolled hem on edges; 2” deep white stiff cotton sewn around one edge but only secured one side so doesn’t appear to be a casing; remnants of heavier cotton thread running stitch ~1.25” from the other edge (for gathering?); very good condition; few small stains; unmounted
Provenance:
Hicks, Miss Elizabeth of Tolland, CT. Nov. 1956; this fabric was used as a window ruffle in Miss Hicks' grandfather's shop
Construction Label:
Pineapple cloth
1956T 1910.375