Curtain from a Set of Furnishings
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.One of eleven surviving pieces, including bed hangings and chair slipcovers, this curtain may have once graced an eighteenth-century Philadelphia home. A room decorated completely en suite in fashionable chinoiserie-patterned textiles such as this one would have communicated the owner’s sophistication and good taste. The textile’s design is attributed to John Munns, an English calico printer who was recognized for the high quality of his work. The crispness and the fine detailing of the copperplate-printed pattern demonstrate his artistic ability.
Artwork Details
- Title: Curtain from a Set of Furnishings
- Date: ca. 1770
- Geography: Made in Kent, Crayford, England
- Culture: England (probably Crayford, Kent)
- Medium: Cotton (copperplate printed)
- Dimensions: 84.25 x 27.2 in (214 x 69 cm)
- Credit Line: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Horace Wells Sellers in memory of her husband, 1935
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing