SAPFM Museum Furniture Collection

Enbroidered bed curtain

Sarah Noyes Chester

Enbroidered bed curtain, Sarah Noyes Chester, ca. 1745, Linen embroidered with wool

Maker: Sarah Noyes Chester
Date: ca. 1745
Medium: Linen embroidered with wool
Dimensions: 87 3/4 x 70 5/8 in. (222.9 x 179.4 cm)
Form: Bed
Origin: Wethersfield
Culture: American
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession: 44.140
Credit line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Coit Johnson, through their son and daughter, 1944

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