Bedhanging

Object/Artifact

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Historic Hudson Valley

Name/Title

Bedhanging

Entry/Object ID

VC.58.968

Description

Fabric: cotton, beige, copper-plate printed with design of vines and long-tailed crested birds of pheasant type, in browns and red; somewhat Chinoiserie pattern. At present, made into a set of bed hangings.

Collection

Van Cortlandt Manor Object Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Unknown

Attribution

Maker

Notes

Dates: 1768 - 1799 Date made: r. 1768 - 1799

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Head hanging

Width

75 in

Length

73 in

Dimension Notes

Display Dimensions: 75 x 73 in. (190.5 x 185.4 cm)

Material

Cotton

Condition

Notes

Remarks: Details of condition: Much pieced.

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Van Cortlandt Family

Notes

Former owner

General Notes

Note Type

Curatorial Remarks

Note

Bed hangings using the reproduction textile are now hanging in Catherine's bedchamber; the hangings bear the label of Ernest LoNano's studio. "Although little known today, the firm of Ernest LoNano was once one of the most influential in the United States. For over sixty years the firm designed and made textile furnishings for museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Brooklyn Museum, for historic houses such as Wilton, Monticello, and Winterthur, as well as for many private clients." (Description from a Wilton House talk given by Linda Eaton of Winterthur in 2016) [Jessa Krick, 9/9/2019].

Note Type

General Note

Note

Van Cortlandt family possession; fabric reproduced by Scalamandre and Schumacher.

Note Type

StorageNote

Note

Home Location: Historic Hudson Valley, Union Church, Storage, Shelf 04C