Curtain
Jackson & Graham
Category
Textiles
Date
1855 - 1856
Materials
silk damask
Measurements
389 x 1420 mm
Place of origin
Oxford Street
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 291834.20
Summary
One of three pairs of replacement yellow silk damask curtains with a large peony bouquet design in white and yellow. They are padded and lined with white silk. The curtains have gathered side pelmets, hanging down almost one third of the curtain length, the edges braided and sewn with bobbin tassels. The centre of the pelmet is covered with a deep fringe of twisted yellow and white cord, two loops of braid with tassels each side, a large tassel in the centre. The curtains are tied back with loops of yellow and white cord, tied in a French knot and hung with three tassels. (g-l tassels, m-o pelmets, r-w replacement curtains).
Makers and roles
Jackson & Graham, upholsterer