Curtain
Watts and Co
Category
Textiles
Date
1900 - 1930
Materials
Silk, velvet, damask
Place of origin
England
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Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1181007.6
Summary
One curtain from three pairs of blue and gold brocade floor length curtains with blue velvet tie-backs. The design is 'MEMLINC' supplied by Watts & Co. Ltd. circa 1905.
Provenance
Recorded in 1944 Inventory as ‘3 pairs of blue and gold silk brocade curtains lined old gold damask interlined and trimmed tufted fringe band holders tramway runners cords and pulleys' in Tapestry Drawing Room (Blue Drawing Room). Purchased by the National Trust with funding from The National Heritage Memorial Fund from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and Powis Estate Trustees in August 1999
Makers and roles
Watts and Co, maker