Bed curtain & valances

Scottish

National Museum of Scotland

late 16th Century

One curtain (110 x 180 cm), with two valances. They are of thick cherry-red material, embroidered with designs of vases full of flowers. The design is black (applique velvet) and gold, with points of light blue relieving the background.

• Art Fund Grant: £120 ( Total: £120)
• ArtFunded in: 1921
• Vendor: Sir Charles Bruce of Arnot

Provenance

Loch Leven Castle; house of Kinross; Earls of Morton; Sir William Bruce, 1675

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