Curtain
Sidney Mawson
Category
Textiles
Date
circa 1920
Materials
Chenille
Measurements
4000 (length) x 1600 mm
Place of origin
Darvel
Order this imageCollection
Gawthorpe Hall, Lancashire
NT 421886.1.1
Caption
Curtains of figured chenille add warmth and richness to the Entrance Hall. The fabric, in a colourful peacock pattern by Sidney Mawson, was woven by Alexander Morton & Co, and these actual curtains were made in the 1920s for Morton’s own house in Scotland.
Summary
A chenille curtain, pale background with a multicoloured design of peacocks, moorhens, birds, foliage, flowers, fruit trees and deer, designed by Sidney Mawson for Alexander Morton & Company, (modern tie backs and tassels).
Makers and roles
Sidney Mawson, textile designer Alexander Morton and Co. , manufacturer