Beschreibung:

Bed Hangings. A set of Arts & Crafts bed hangings, circa 1900, loose woven hessian bed hangings, consisting of 2 large curtains and 4 pelmets, each with a wide embroidered border of large flowers and leaves on scrolling stems, that to curtains on leading and lower edge, hand-worked in cross-stitch in coloured wools in shades of pink, blue, orange, yellow, and green, some faint fading, holes, and tears, occasional minor loss of needlework, lined with glazed pink cotton (some insect damage, particularly to one wide pelmet, and discolouration), matching tasselled fringe to leading edge of curtains and lower edge of pelmets (a few tassels missing, one detached), top edge of curtains with metal hooks attached to fabric tape, curtains each drop 233.5 cm (92 ins), width 188 cm (74 ins), 2 wide pelmets each 77.5 x 231 cm (30.5 x 91 ins), 2 narrow pelmets each 33.5 x 231 cm (13.25 x 91 ins) (Quantity: 6)