Valance
- Title:
- Bed Valance
- Object Name:
- Valance
- Creator:
- Deborah Folsom Gilman
- Date:
- 1770-1790
- Material:
- Linen, dyes, wool thread
- Dimensions:
- H-4.75 L-21 Dia-7 inches
- Description:
- Linen panel (one of the side valances of a set of bed hangings) with brightly-colored crewel-work vine and flowers motif. The top has a darker linen band and the bottom has a scalloped edge.
- Provenance:
- Made by Deborah Folsom Gilman. Presumed to have been passed down through the Gilman Family.
This is an example of a bed valance. the matieral of this example is beliebed to have been spun, woven and then embroidered by Deborah Folsom Gilman, John Taylor Gilman's first wife. This bed valance and its nearly matching mate were made in the Ladd-Gilman house, since John Taylor Gilman and his first wife lived here during her married life (June 13, 1776- 1791). It is unkown if the bed valance was ever completed. Bedhangings were often among the most valuable objects in the house. - People:
- Folsom, Deborah
- Place of Origin:
- Exeter, New Hampshire
- Collection Name:
- Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Hampshire
- Item Number:
- 1990.182.1
- Accession Number:
- 1990.182.1
- Type of Material:
- Objects
- Copyright Statement:
- For information regarding copyright, permissions, and reproductions contact the American Independence Museum
- Credit Line:
- gift of Mrs. Grace Cilley Tibbitts
- Participating Organization:
- American Independence Museum
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