Valance
Category
Textiles
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Cotton and brocade
Measurements
610 mm (Width); 1305 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609533.4
Summary
End bed valance. Part of a set of eleven items of bedroom textiles. White cotton. Striped floral brocade. Machine sewn, gathered to folded band 75 mm of white cotton at top; hemmed on three sides. Bleached undyed cotton warp and weft, plain, twill. And weft brocading. Loom width 1390 mm (54.3/4'). Repeat 165 mm. Drop x 195 mm. Two vertical stripes of scrolling stems 135 mm and 60 mm. White cotton bobble/pompom braid 35 mm. English manufacture circa 1860.
Provenance
A gift to the National Trust at Attingham Park in 1980.