Quilt
Category
Textiles
Date
1730
Materials
Textile
Measurements
161 cm (Width); 161.5 cm (Length)
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 355929.2
Summary
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.
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).