Embroidered bed curtain 1670–1700 British A profusion of carefully organized motifs rendered in red wool thread appears on the cream-colored foundation of this bed curtain. The panel descended in the Clapp family, members of which emigrated from England to Charleston, South Carolina, in 1680. While the bed hangings may have been embroidered in the New World, the pattern was stamped on the fabric in England—the black ink outline is still Embroidered bed curtain. British. 1670–1700. Cotton/linen embroidered with wool thread. Possibly made in United States; Possibly made in England

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