Description:
Fragment of a bed curtain made from a red worsted wool, variously known as harateen, moreen, or cheney. The textile is embossed or stamped with a watered design in imitation of a moire wosted fabric, whose watered design was acheived through heat and pressure applied to a ribbed-weave worsted wool fabric. the embossed design was cheaper and faster to produce than a true moire fabric. The curtain fragment came with a history of having been part of the bed furniture for the camp bed of General Artemus Ward (1727-1800). Ward was born in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts in 1727. He graduated from Harvard in 1748. warn served as a colonel in the French and Indian Wars, and as a general and commander-in-chief of the Massachusetts troops begining in 1775. He later served as a representative on the Continental Congress. After his military career, Ward returned to the Shrewsbury area and served as chief justice for the Worcester County Court of Common Pleas.The fragment is one selvage width 20" wide. One selvage edge is covered with a matching wool braid or lace trim.
Subjects:
Textile fabrics; Wool Link to share this object record:
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