Moreen fragment
Category
Textiles
Date
1800 - 1899
Materials
Moreen
Measurements
400 mm (Width); 1340 mm (Length)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609656.6.1
Summary
One of four green moreen fragments. Part of a set of eleven items of window curtain furnishings including this fragment. As ATT/T/134/1 a) one selvage cut on four sides; b) one selvage cut on two sides (one side unpicked hem or seam) machine sewn, hem one end; c) one selvage cut on two sides (one side unpicked hem or seam) machine sewn, hem one end; d) one selvage cut on two sides (one side unpicked hem or seam) machine sewn, hem one end. The fragments appear to be cut from curtains. 19th century English manufacture.
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.