Festoon blind
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Cotton, Silk damask
Measurements
3850 x 3050 mm
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Osterley Park and House, London
NT 772427.2
Summary
One of two crimson damask festoon blinds in a foliate design (repeat H: 214cm / 84” approx.). The blind is constructed from six widths of silk (width 52-53cm / 20.5-21”) which is gathered at the heading. It is lined with a glazed, plain woven, crimson wool lining. The edges and hem are bound and there are five, evenly spaced pulley tapes, stitched through the lining to the face, with brass guide rings, hem weights and pulley cords on the reverse. When raised and ruched the blind forms 4 full swags. The sides and hem are trimmed with yellow silk double warp gimp fringes; having a longer knotted fringe at the hem (H:128 mm) and a shorter looped fringe trimming at the sides (H: 80mm). The blinds do not reach the floor when let down, suggesting that they may have been shortened. The fabric width and hand-made construction together with the trimmings, which have been dated to c.1775, and comparison with the Etruscan Room blinds, suggest that the blinds date to the last quarter of the 18th century.
Provenance
Osterley Park Heirloom