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Showcasing deaccessioned textiles from the Brooklyn Museum: 18th-century crewel work bed hangings, lace, velvet, silk, and early Chinese Export examples. From a local collection: Brilliant Period Cut Glass by Sinclaire, Hawkes, Libbey, Hoare, and more. Antiquities include Egyptian, African, Colima, Peruvian, and other pre-Columbian artifacts, alongside Continental European items dating to the Byzantine period and the 16th-18th centuries. Also featuring a remarkable selection of fossils. Fine art paintings, furniture and decorative art objects.
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Lot 3

18th Century Embroidered Bed Hangings

Estimate: $800 - $1,200
Current Bid
$400

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British, polychrome wool embroidery of meandering tree and floral motifs, white linen plain weave, white cotton sateen backing, comprising head panel, 47-1/4 x 61-3/4 in.; four curtains, 95-1/4 x 99-1/4 in., 94-1/2 x 100 in., 31 x 100 in., and 32 x 100 in.; three valances, 9 x 80 in., 8-3/4 x 117-1/4 in., and 12 x 193 in. 

Provenance: Property from the Brooklyn Museum

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Property from the Brooklyn Museum

losses and repairs to linen ground, extensive losses to lining, repairs to seams with applied tape to tops of panels, overall staining