Curtain

Description

Mixed cotton and linen crewel work curtain embroidered in coloured worsteds with a design of detached bouquets of flowers surrounded by similar border and backed with crimson cloth: English, c. 1700

Museum reference

A.1928.169

Collection

Fashion and Textiles

Object name

Curtain

Production information

England, Northern Europe

Date

c. 1700

Physical description

Mixed cotton and linen embroidered in coloured worsteds

Exhibitions

• Textile Treasures

References

Tarrant, Naomi, Textile Treasures: An Introduction to European Decorative Textiles for Home and Church in the National Museums of Scotland, NMS Publishing Ltd, Edinburgh, 2001