Chair seat cover
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Cotton chintz.
Measurements
880 x 590 mm; 560 mm (Length)
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Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 30583.1
Summary
A high-backed loose chair cover in cotton chintz with a printed design of pink and red roses with green foliage. Machine-stitched with raw inside seams lined in cream cotton sateen. Raw seams have been oversewn by hand. Piping around base of chair seat to full valance. In poor condition with extensive light damage, with tears and stains. Handwritten in black ink on the reverse side : A. GIBBS / TYNTESFIELD; eight linen buttons and ten holes down one side.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters