Curtains

Scope note

Cloth hangings for windows, doorways, or other openings that are generally finished with hems, casings, pleats, or ruffles and hung by the top edge; used for privacy, control of light and drafts, or decoration.

This term has 8 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Object name

Getty AAT term number

300037564

Broader Terms used

Narrower Terms used

Term used for

curtains, outer
curtains, over
outer curtains
over curtains
over-curtains
overcurtains

Equivalent Terms used

curtain

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Bowl with broad rim

Maker(s)

Painter: Avelli, Francesco Xanto
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Printmaker: Veneziano, Agostino (After)

Curtains

Maker(s)

Unknown

The Death of Lucretia

Maker(s)

Maker: Grue, Carlo Antonio

Tarquin and Lucretia

Maker(s)

Painter: Vecellio, Tiziano

Mucius Scaevola before Lars Porsenna

Maker(s)

Painter: Avelli, Francesco Xanto
Lustre painter: Andreoli workshop
Printmaker: Caraglio, Giovanni Giacomo (After)

Curtains

Maker(s)

Unknown

Pendant

Maker(s)

Maker: Unknown

Ulysses commanding Circe to restore his Companions to their Rightful Forms

Maker(s)

Painter: Avelli, Francesco Xanto
Printmaker: Raimondi, Marcantonio (After)
Printmaker: Monogrammist I. B. (After)
Printmaker: Dente, Marco (Marco da Ravenna) (After)

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