Not currently on display at the V&A

Set of Curtain Hooks

ca. 1880 (made)
Artist/Maker
Unknown
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Ten brass curtain hooks comprising a flat strip with a hole cut out. Each side bends to meet at a clasped front. It is likely that the uppermost clasp section was secured through the curtain braid of heading, and separate hooks fed through the pierced hole.


Object details

Categories
Accessories
Household Objects
Wall Coverings
Textiles
Object type
Set of curtain hooks
Parts
This object consists of 10 parts.

  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
  • Curtain Hook
Materials and techniques
Brass
Brief description
Ten brass curtain hooks, Great Britain, ca. 1880
Physical description
Ten brass curtain hooks comprising a flat strip with a hole cut out. Each side bends to meet at a clasped front. It is likely that the uppermost clasp section was secured through the curtain braid of heading, and separate hooks fed through the pierced hole.
Credit line
Given by John S.M. Scott
Collection
Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number
T.15 to I-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O318863/set-of-curtain-unknown/
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