Sofa cover
Category
Textiles
Date
1905
Materials
Cotton, Horsehair, Horse-hair, Silk
Measurements
920 mm (H)530 mm (H)1470 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
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Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 933639.1
Summary
Red damask cover to settee (DUN/F/147). Fabric, crimson silk warp and weft, warp faced satin ground unbalanced plain weave motifs; design, repeat 300 mm Renaissance formal plant form with knotted stem; trimming, fringed braid 60 mm red silk and cotton; lining, cream cotton unbalanced plain weave; structure, hand and machine sewn, tight cover to frame over brown cotton twill weave, horsehair, flock and webbing.