Pelmet
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Softwood, giltwood, silk, metal and paper
Measurements
26 mm (Width) x 132 mm (Depth); 1695 mm (Length); 150 mm (Diameter); 1630 mm (Length); 94 mm (Width); 23 mm (Depth)
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 931455.4
Summary
One of four serpentine pelmets with giltwood edging to gold striped silk panels. Gilt metal rosette in centre bound behind in brown silk brocade, the reverse of the pelmet with tack marks, underneath which are fragments of brown silk brocade, and a pelmet board with square hooks for curtain curtain rods attached. A handwritten (historic) label with 'bedroom west of courtyard over Housekeepers Room' has been applied to the reverse.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Bedroom / West of Court / yard over / Housekeepers / room (handwritten in pencil on gummed paper label)