Curtain
Category
Textiles
Date
1680
Materials
Metal, Silk, Velvet
Measurements
2280 mm (H)1050 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932682.6
Summary
State bed curtain head. 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'; Trimming, (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, handsewn hooks or rings (?) removed, edged on three sides.