Saddle cloth
Category
Textiles
Date
1775 - 1800
Materials
Cotton, Silk, Silver, Vellum, Wool
Place of origin
Europe
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Snowshill Wade Costume Collection, Gloucestershire
NT 1350398
Summary
Silk crimson velvet side saddle cloth with a hessian lining, inter-lining and wool padding. The saddle front and pommels are quilted. The cloth is trimmed with cream and crimsom braid round the edges and 4 pannels of silver wire embroidery worked over velum in a design of stylised leaves stems and flowers.
Provenance
Charles Paget Wade Collection, Snowshill Manor