Rod
Mrs Elizabeth Campbell
Category
Textiles
Date
1902 - 1914
Materials
Metal, Silk, Wood
Measurements
30 mm (Width); 1.13 m* (Length)860 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Lyme Park
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Lyme, Cheshire
NT 500364
Summary
One of two wooden rods, part of a set, covered in cream silk with six metal rings attached to one edge. The rods are the bottom sections of blinds, thought to be from the festoon blinds which were original to the house. These rods are also thought to have been made by Mrs Elizabeth Campbell, the housekeeper at Lyme from 1902-1914.
Provenance
Original to the house. It is thought that the rods were made by Mrs Campbell to fit the red and cream festoon blinds (see LYM.T.042).
Makers and roles
Mrs Elizabeth Campbell