Embroidered portoeres and window reflection, Maplewood Hotel
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Embroidered portoeres and window reflection, Maplewood Hotel
Portieres and window reflection, Maplewood Hotel, Lily Dale
1993
Gelatin silver print
37.9 x 38.0 cm.
Gift of the photographer
1998.2211.0007
Inscriptions verso-(applied caption) "18. Embroidered Portieres and Window
Reflection, Maplewood Hotel, 1996. There two embroidered portieres
hang in the lounge of the Maplewood Hotel in Lily Dale. According to
a typed index card hanging next to the tapestries, they were made by
Mollie Fancher while in a 'trance condition'. Ms. Fancher had been
paralyzed and blinded in an accident which left her in a trance state
for 9 years. Her right arm was so rigidly bent, her hand was fixed
over the back of her head. The card also states that another set..."
Reflection, Maplewood Hotel, 1996. There two embroidered portieres
hang in the lounge of the Maplewood Hotel in Lily Dale. According to
a typed index card hanging next to the tapestries, they were made by
Mollie Fancher while in a 'trance condition'. Ms. Fancher had been
paralyzed and blinded in an accident which left her in a trance state
for 9 years. Her right arm was so rigidly bent, her hand was fixed
over the back of her head. The card also states that another set..."
