Valance
1700s (made)
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Red linen or wool valance with silk embroidery in yellows, blues, greens and white. Scrolling foliage, flowers and birds. Various elaborate mesh patterns infilling parts of the design. Edged with blue and cream linen fringe
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | linen embroidered with coloured silks |
| Brief description | Valance, red linen embroidered in coloured silks, Castelo Branco work, 18th century |
| Physical description | Red linen or wool valance with silk embroidery in yellows, blues, greens and white. Scrolling foliage, flowers and birds. Various elaborate mesh patterns infilling parts of the design. Edged with blue and cream linen fringe |
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| Production type | Unique |
| Object history | The red ground of this valance is especially unusual. |
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| Accession number | 802-1901 |
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| Record created | September 26, 2007 |
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