Chair seat cover
Category
Textiles
Date
1900 - 1925
Materials
Cotton
Measurements
773 mm (H)410 mm (H)580 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932974.2
Summary
Purple (actually more maroon in appearance) cotton. Chair cover. Fabric, purple cotton or cotton and linen (?), union plain weave; lining, purple cotton plain weave (finer count than fabric); trimming, six self fabric covered buttons 12 mm diam and buttonholes, purple cotton tapes 8 mm, self fabric piping; structure, hand and machine sewn, catclaw marks on arms. Pencilled note pinned to cover, removed 1985 'Chair cover for Grey Bedroom.'
Marks and inscriptions
Chair cover for Grey Bedroom (pencilled note pinned to cover, removed 1985)