Bere
Category
Textiles
Date
1730
Materials
Textile
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355929
Summary
Textile Box 44. Four pillow beres. Four similar designs on cream satin with an all-over scallop pattern and variations of polychrome floral, basket and ribbon motifs, with metallic thread. One has metallic braid edging, one is not complete. With linen support. Part of a set of bed furniture. BL1aDE. A quilt, professionally embroidered with polychrome silks and metal threads on cream satin, with various designs including baskets and cornucopia filled with flowers. Lined with cream linen. Part of a set of bed furnishings. Matching items in Textile Box 44. BL1bDE. A valance of two widths of beige cotton sateen, with one panel of embroidery with a background of metallic thread scallops and another with an applied panel of cream silk with a polychrome and metallic thread floral and ribbon design. Part of a set of bed furniture - 19th Century. Matching items in Textile Box 44. BL1cDE.
Provenance
Part of the Lothian Collection. The Hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1940 by Philip, 11th Marquess of Lothian (1882-1940).