Face screen
Category
Costume
Date
1840
Materials
Linen, Silk, Wood
Measurements
395 mm (Length)240 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 934952
Summary
Embroidered face screen/fan, undyed linen single canvas, gilded turned wood; embroidery worsted threads dyed to shades of red, brown, green and black, silk dyed yellow in tent stitch, petit-point; design of boy with two dogs holding a hunting horn; trimming, a. grey and cream silk chenille threads, b. tassel, chenille threads and turned wood wrapped in silk and cord; lining of grey silk satin weave; stretched within frame (?) over sewn at edge.