Swag tail
Category
Textiles
Date
circa 1860
Materials
Cotton chintz
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609646.4.2
Summary
One of two printed cotton chintz swag tails. Part of a set of fourteen items of window curtain furnishings. Cotton plain weave, roller printed green; blue; pink-red; yellow; drab; black. Loom width 680 mm, glazed finish. Design; Repeat 350 mm Main ground sprigged flowers, one side border of flowers round pole. As ATT/T/125/1 and on b) only. Blue/green cotton glazed. Longer length one side( a) and b) opposing); two widths placed vertical; bordered two sides and bottom sloping edge. Lined throughout, hemmed three sides, cut top edge with tack marks. Made in Lancashire by an unknown printer and professional upholsterer circa 1860.
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.