Valance
Category
Textiles
Date
1680
Materials
Metal, silk and velvet
Measurements
2060 mm (Length)340 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932682.2
Summary
State bed side valance. Fabric, dark red jaspe silk velvet, yellow shot silk weft and warp, red cut pile; Lining, baste fibre 'hessian'; Trimming, (a) herringbone braid 30 mm, (b) tasseled braid 50 mm, yellow and red warp, tarnished metal thread on silk core (holding tassels together), yellow and red silk weft loops, yellow silk wrapped gimp waved, tassels, yellow, black and red silk, (c) tasseled braid 25-28 mm, as above except that waved gimp is yellow and red; Structure, lining forms band with braid top also tack marks. Hemmed and edged three sides, bottom edge uneven wave.