Bolster cover
Category
Textiles
Date
1840
Materials
Cotton, Metal, Silk
Measurements
760 mm (Length)310 mm (W)
Place of origin
Lancashire
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932753.10
Summary
Printed cotton (patterns 1,2,79). Bolster cover. Fabric, white cotton plain weave, roller printed in pink, mid-pink, red, yellow, blue, green and purple; design, vertical meanders of May blossom stems, roses and fuchsias, surrounded with fine dots, repeat 190 mm across loom width; trimming, piping and edging braid, gold silk, pale turquoise cotton, herringbone 12 mm, metal ring 43 mm diam covered in self fabric, white cotton tape 7 mm; lining, white cotton plain weave; handsewn.