Pelmet board
Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944)
Category
Fixtures and fittings
Date
1939 - 1950
Materials
Wood, Paint, Canvas
Place of origin
Mottisfont Abbey
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769323.2
Summary
One of a set of five wooden pelmet boards for the Whistler Room, Mottisfont Abbey. Painted in trompe l'oeil by Rex Whistler (1905-1944) to resemble green velvet edged with ermine to match the room's curtains with green canvas tassels. The original paper tassels were replaced with canvas by Percy Stone WIllats in 1950. 1939-1950.
Provenance
Transferred to the National Trust in 1957 from Mrs Russell under the Memorandum of Wishes.
Makers and roles
Rex Whistler (Eltham 1905 - Normandy 1944) , artist Percy Stone Willats (1889 - 1966), maker
References
Whistler and Fuller, 1960: Laurence Whistler and Ronald Fuller. The work of Rex Whistler. London: Batsford, 1960., p,11