Pelmet board
John Linnell (1729 - 1796)
Category
Furniture
Date
1779
Materials
Gesso, Oak, Satinwood
Measurements
140 x 1780 x 200 mm
Order this imageCollection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 771887
Summary
Window cornice or pelmet board, veneered with satinwood and with gilded surmounting decorations, some of which are missing. Originally from the Yellow Taffeta Dressing Room. From Yellow Taffeta Dressing Room which no longer exists. There are some of the surmounting decorations in the Basement Store. The rest was probably used to replace damaged ones in Yellow Taffetta Bedroom
Provenance
Osterley Park Heirloom
Makers and roles
John Linnell (1729 - 1796), maker Robert Adam (Kirkcaldy 1728 - London 1792), designer