Frill
Category
Textiles
Date
1860 - 1899
Materials
Brocatelle
Measurements
135 mm (Width); 2670 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609586.2
Summary
Brocatelle frill or flounce. Crimson silk, pink/beige cotton. Baroque 18th cent. source Machine and hand sewn, pieced together. Box pleated to band and cut fabric. Lining fragment one end, perhaps part of chair cover (?). Woven brocatelle; crimson silk warp; pink/beige cotton weft; warp faced satin weave; unbalanced plain weave motifs. Loom width 540 mm (21.25 in). Straight drop repeat not complete; 18th cent baroque source; as ATT/T/49. Purple/mauve cotton twill weave diagonal ridge. English manufacture between 1860 and 1899.
Provenance
Attingham collection; bequeathed to the National Trust with the estate, house and contents of Attingham by Thomas Henry Noel-Hill, 8th Baron Berwick (1877-1947) on 15th May 1953.