Braid
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Wool and silk
Measurements
38 mm (Width); 2248 mm (Length)
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 937756.7
Summary
Gold braid, wool warp with silk weft, geometric pattern; dirty, cut at both ends; an especially dirty centre crease line suggests the braid was used folded; threads remaining where the braid has been stitched to another textile and subsequently unpicked.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).