Valance
Category
Textiles
Date
1680
Materials
Metal, silk and velvet
Measurements
1955 mm (Length)200 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932682.8
Summary
State bed inner tester, side valance. Fabric, dark red jaspe silk velvet, yellow shot silk weft and warp, red cut pile; Lining, baste fibre 'hessian'; Trimming, (b) tasseled braid 50 mm, yellow and red warp, yellow and red silk weft loops, yellow silk wrapped gimp waved, tassels, yellow, black and red silk, (c) tasseled braid 25-28 mm, but metal thread and yellow silk wrapped gimp only; Structure, lining forms band with braid top also tack marks. Hemmed and edged three sides, bottom edge uneven wave. All four valances have yellow satin silk as on bed posts (GMM 1998).