Curtain
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Silk brocade, cotton sateen, cotton tape and brass
Measurements
1230 mm (Width); 3470 mm (Length)
Collection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 40278.2
Summary
A cotton sateen lined and interlined left-hand curtain of silk brocade with a large repeat pattern of birds, vases of flowers and leaves in old gold on a rose pink ground above small coloured panels showing a small garden. The top edge has a hand sewn cotton tape with ten brass hooks. Part of a collection of six silk brocade curtains and an associated cotton sateen bag.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.