Bed cover
Category
Textiles
Date
1950 - 1980
Materials
Grass Dye
Measurements
499 x 5325 mm
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575 Wandsworth Road, London
NT 1512655
Summary
Black checked woven grass African bed throw/runner. Of slender rectangular form with panels of flaxen coloured and black dyed woven grass stitched together with red dyed grass thread, and decorated with alternating designs of a white cross on a black ground, and twelve rectangles in a checked pattern.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust by Khadambi Asalache upon his death in 2006; acquired fully in November 2010.