Bed Hanging
18th century (made)
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Bed hanging of embroidered silk. Cream satin embroidered with coloured silks and chenille, in satin, long, short and stem stitches.
The pattern shows a mossy mound with a delicate tree with peony blossoms growing from it. Delicate curving stems with flowers grow up from the foreground. With an exotically coloured butterfly and dragon fly.
It has been cut down from a larger piece and reused.
The pattern shows a mossy mound with a delicate tree with peony blossoms growing from it. Delicate curving stems with flowers grow up from the foreground. With an exotically coloured butterfly and dragon fly.
It has been cut down from a larger piece and reused.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Materials and techniques | Silk satin embroidered with coloured silks and chenille |
| Brief description | Bed hanging of silk satin embroidered with silks, France, 18th century |
| Physical description | Bed hanging of embroidered silk. Cream satin embroidered with coloured silks and chenille, in satin, long, short and stem stitches. The pattern shows a mossy mound with a delicate tree with peony blossoms growing from it. Delicate curving stems with flowers grow up from the foreground. With an exotically coloured butterfly and dragon fly. It has been cut down from a larger piece and reused. |
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| Credit line | The Bettine, Lady Abingdon Collection, The Bequest of Mrs Joyce Margaret Hole |
| Object history | Registered File number 1987/136. The embroidery came from Highcliffe Castle, built for Lord Stuart de Rothesay in the 1820s. He was said to have brought the bed set in 1816, when he was Ambassador in Paris, and as having belonged to Marie Antoinette. The set was still complete in 1955 when it was exhibited in the Marie Antoinette Exhibition at the Chateau de Versailles (No. 723). |
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| Association | |
| Bibliographic reference | Marie-Antoinette : archiduchesse, dauphine et reine, Versailles : Musées nationaux, [1955
723 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.56-1987 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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