Bed cover
Category
Textiles
Date
1680
Materials
Silk, Velvet
Measurements
2780 mm (Length)1750 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932682.13
Summary
State bed head cover. Fabric, dark red jaspe silk velvet, yellow shot silk weft and warp, red cut pile; Lining, gold silk weft of heavier count unbalanced plain weave 'taffeta', loom width 605 mm; Structure, bottom edge, unpicked gathers with oblong section cut away, selvage and tack marks one side, folded and tack marks one side, folded and unpicked stitches top edge, the pattern of fading and alteration to colour suggests that the cover has been folded into pleats, section cut out to ho behind the decorative head board (see.4), approx 4½ widths, handsewn.