Drapery fragment, from Lincoln family home

Rights Information

Resource Type

image

Coverage / Year

Early/Middle Victorian, Springfield, IL
1850 to 1860

Description

Drapery panel of woven damask material in a vertical floral pattern. Wool and silk. Predominate color burgundy red. Other colors inclucde silver, two shades of gold. Four tears along edges and fourteen holes of varying sizes. L 50 7/8" x W 22 3/8".

Interpretation

Four affidavits attest to this drapery hanging in the Lincoln Home while the family was in residence, 1844-1861.

Lesson Plans / Themes

How we learn about communities
Antebellum Society and the Civil War
American Communities in History

Learning Standards

16 History

Author or Creator

Unknown

Source

Originally sold at Lincolns' sale to H. Wilton. Later donated by Scott Petersen, Wilmette, IL

Subject / Keywords

Curtains
Drapery
Window
Furnishings
Victorian
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Collection Publisher

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Rights Management Statement

http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm
For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.

Resource Identifier

LIHO 1299

Date Created

06/05/03

Resource Type	image
Title	Drapery fragment, from Lincoln family home
Coverage / Year	Early/Middle Victorian, Springfield, IL 1850 to 1860
Description	Drapery panel of woven damask material in a vertical floral pattern. Wool and silk. Predominate color burgundy red. Other colors inclucde silver, two shades of gold. Four tears along edges and fourteen holes of varying sizes. L 50 7/8" x W 22 3/8".
Interpretation	Four affidavits attest to this drapery hanging in the Lincoln Home while the family was in residence, 1844-1861.
Lesson Plans / Themes	How we learn about communities Antebellum Society and the Civil War American Communities in History
Learning Standards	16 History
Author or Creator	Unknown
Source	Originally sold at Lincolns' sale to H. Wilton. Later donated by Scott Petersen, Wilmette, IL
Subject / Keywords	Curtains Drapery Window Furnishings Victorian Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Collection Publisher	Lincoln Home National Historic Site
Rights Management Statement	http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc/conditions.htm For any further information related to this record, please contact the Collection Publisher. See http://images.library.uiuc.edu/projects/tdc for more information about this project.
Resource Identifier	LIHO 1299
Date Created	06/05/03

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