Curtain pelmet
Category
Textiles
Date
1981
Materials
Cotton, Leather, Silk
Measurements
300 mm (H)1030 mm (W)1130 mm (W)
Place of origin
Sudbury
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 933284.14
Summary
Great hall damask. One of four pelmets. Fabric, red cotton warp and weft, damask warp satin ground, plain weave motifs; design, repeat 2005 mm x loom width, formal plant motifs; trimming, a. red/beige cotton satin weave interlining cotton bumf, b. crimson and gold mercerised cotton fringed braid 55 mm; limning, a. interlining of buckram, b. cream cotton satin weave; structure, tacked to window fittings side sections returned to wall and shaped to architrave one end only, fabric over buckram and lined throughout, trimmed on all sides including corners, fringe at lower edge only, handsewn.