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Jacobite bed hangings (© Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland)
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© Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland

Jacobite bed hangings (© Trustees of the National Museums of Scotland)

Jacobite bed hangings

Artist: Artist not known

Location: National Museum of Scotland

Date: 1719

Materials: linen ground embroidered in wood & silk

Dimensions: 256 x 240 x 290cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £5,000 (Total: £42,370)

Vendor: Phillips

Review number: 3466 (1989)

Description:
Two curtains and three valances. The bed hangings are embroidered with the cypher of James Francis Stuart, the Old Pretender and his wife, Clementina Sobieska.

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