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drapery
drapery

drapery

Catalog Number
1997.64.18a-b
Description
Two longer rectangles of tan, gold, and cream brocade make a matching pair; folded braid is on bottom and up one side to top, where a rod pocket is found; holes from sunlight are in lower quarter of each panel.
History
These drapes belonged to donor's great-grandmother, Ada McRoy (1848-1933). Ada was an early resident to Macatawa, MI, from Chicago, ca. 1890's.
Ada and her husband George (1852-1938) were friends of Frank Baum. Dorothy Hall was a granddaughter.
Gift of
McRoy, Burton