Doll's house mat
Category
Dolls' houses and furnishings
Date
Unknown
Materials
Thread and silk.
Measurements
140 mm (length); 64 mm (width)
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Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 660653
Summary
A rectangular sewn doll's house rug. The main, middle, section of the rug is decorated with diamonds. Each diamond is divided into quarters, each quarter a different colour. The colours include white, yellow, brown, reds, purples, greens. This is surrounded by a border made up of yellow, orange and brown lines. There are two holes in the rug where the thread is missing. The rug is backed with a brown material, possibly silk.