Screen cover
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Rep
Measurements
1740 x 2200 mm
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 938666.2.3
Summary
Upper layer of fabric covering four-leaf screen stamped 'P&S', for 'Penelope & Stamford, the 9th Earl and Countess of Stamford, who had much of their belongings stamped for their move from Weybridge in Surrey to Dunham Massey in 1906. Green rep covering side (a) only, the frame visible all the way round apart from the right hand edge as the fabric continues onto side (b) and is tacked in place approx. three inches from the left hand side; two complete widths hand-stitched together, the edges un-stitched but turned over and tacked in place. When facing side (a), the right hand width is turned over with about a foot of excess fabric at the top. The fabric is coming adrift in several places. When facing side (a) two tacks have been used on the far right hand leaf and one on the inner right hand leaf to tack the fabric to a vertical rib. It is possible that two different green fabrics have been used, the right hand leaves appearing to be more of an olive shade and the left hand leaves appearing to be more of a blue shade. If this is not the case, the right hand leaves have suffered more light damage than the left hand leaves.
Provenance
Stamford collection; devised to the National Trust by Roger Grey, 10th Earl of Stamford (1896-1976).