Antimacassar
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Linen
Measurements
396 mm (Width); 578 mm (Length)
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 980782
Summary
Antimacasar; white linen antimacasar, rectangule cloth, now discoloured to beige with beige cotton cut-work embroidery detail near the bottom. Bottom left corner is damaged, edge is abraided with a large split horizontal from the left. An antimacasar was placed over the back of a chair to protect the back of the chair from a gentleman's 'Macasar' hair oil.