Pelmet
Category
Furniture
Date
Unknown
Materials
Giltwood and metal
Measurements
1707 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 931456.3
Summary
One of three giltwood pelmets with scalloped edging and egg and husk border to top (digital images show the pelmet upside down). This pelmet is deeper than (a) and (b) and is fixed to its pelmet board with a square hook at each end from which to hang a curtain rod. A handwritten (historic) paper label reads: 'Little Room [?] / dressing [?] bedroom / through Library'.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).
Marks and inscriptions
Little Room [?] / dressing [?] bedroom / through Library (handwritten in pencil on gummed paper label on reverse)