Hanging decoration
Category
Decorative ornaments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Textile, glass, metal, wood, bead, vegetal and rush
Measurements
770 mm (W); 150 mm (Length)
Place of origin
India
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 31536.23
Summary
Ornately decorated Indian festival decoration, in three separate sections. The top section is missing. Suspended at either end is a bell-shaped pompom, and a disc, that also appear at the bottom. All three pompoms present. They have green foil card tops and pink foil bases with gold tinsel round the middle. The elongated sections, are decorated in pink foil strips with gold and silver sequins, edged with a string of gold beads. At either edge of the decoration is a string of gold reeded rolled paper decoration. Delicate condition. Overall colours pink and gold, with a little green.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.