Window hanging (Side curtain)
Museum Object Number1968.0338.001 A |
Object Name
Window hanging (Side curtain)
Category
Textiles (Furnishing)
Credit Line/Donor
Museum purchase
Creator (Role)
Ernest LoNano Interiors (Maker)
Brunschwig & Fils, Inc. (Fabric manufacturer)
J. H. Thorp & Co. (Fabric supplier)
Creator Notes
The interior design firm of Ernest Lo Nano manufactured many textile furnishings (curtains, upholstery, bed hangings, etc.) for Henry Francis du Pont between 1929 and 1958. Mr. du Pont mainly worked with Ernest S. Lo Nano Jr (1901 to 1958), who was proprietor of the shop from 1935-1958. Mr.du Pont was quite clear that Lo Nano did not act as the interior designer at Winterthur. Rather, Lo Nano was the curtain maker and upholsterer. Jeni Sandberg has conducted much of the primary research on Lo Nano. See the manuscripts, notes in file "Lo Nano" in textile curator's office.
Place of Origin
New York, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Origin Notes
This is part of a set of window hangings made between 1965 and 1968 by Ernest LoNano Interiors of New York City.
Secondary Place of Origin
White Plains, New York, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
Secondary Origin Notes
This fabric was made in 1968 by Brunschwig and Fils.
Date
1965-1968
Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label
1. Label; lower right corner; "68.338.1a CHINESE PARLOR Apr-Jun" (in graphite)
2. Label; lower right corner; "Ernest LoNano Interiors New York, NY" in brown script and block print -Interiors New York, NY in block- on tan ground
Materials
Silk
Techniques
Woven (damask)
Dimensions (inches)
122 (H) , 69 (W)
Dimensions (centimeters)
309.88 (H) , 175.26 (W)
Object Description
Text available soon.
Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes
[Book] Cantor, Jay E. 1997 Winterthur. 264.
• Window hanging from set published: p. 88
[Book] Thornton, Peter. 1965 Baroque and Rococo Silks.
• Related fabric: pl.114a, p.194
[Manuscript] Bertrand, Rebecca & Parks, Sarah. Seasonal Change Study.
• See Curator of Textiles for Seasonal Change Study binder discussing this object.