Top mattress
Angus Handloom Weavers
Category
Textiles
Date
2003
Materials
Linen and synthetic textile
Place of origin
Montrose
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Woolsthorpe Manor, Lincolnshire
NT 427562
Summary
A pair of mattresses; the top made of handwoven blue striped ticking (vegetable dyed) and the base of handwoven linen and washed to give it a 'used' look. Made for the tester bed and copying a 17th century pattern. Both mattresses have been stuffed with man-made fibre.
Makers and roles
Angus Handloom Weavers