Curtain Tape
1922-1950 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Strip of cream-coloured cotton rufflette curtain tape into which are fixed eleven brass curtain hooks. The tape is printed at intervals with 'RUFFLETTE BRAND', and the hooks are the shape of a crook or shepherd's staff with an enclosed looped end.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printed cotton and brass hooks |
| Brief description | Strip of cotton rufflette curtain tape, made in England, 20th century, probably after 1922 |
| Physical description | Strip of cream-coloured cotton rufflette curtain tape into which are fixed eleven brass curtain hooks. The tape is printed at intervals with 'RUFFLETTE BRAND', and the hooks are the shape of a crook or shepherd's staff with an enclosed looped end. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'RUFFLETTE BRAND' (Printed at intervals on the cotton) |
| Credit line | Given by J.S.M. Scott |
| Object history | Registered File number 1985/1122. This length of Rufflette tape with hooks was taken from a woven curtain by Templeton's dated to the late 19th century, so was previously assumed to date from the same time. Recent research has shown that Rufflette tape was introduced in 1922, so clearly the tape is unlikely to have been originally used with that curtain (which was not donated to the V&A). |
| Production | Manufacturers Thomas French & Sons introduced Rufflette tape, probably from 1922. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.165-1985 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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