Lot 240
  • 240

A quantity of bed or window pelmets, including a pair of claret coloured velvet and metal thread pelmets 18th century and later

Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • various lengths
comprising two claret coloured velvet and metal thread appliquéd pelmets, worked with fruiting vines and floral motifs, with a shaped lower edge, Italian or Spanish, 18th century, originally an altar front (182cm. wide; 45cm. deep); together with a blue velvet and gold braid pelmet (258cm. wide, 58cm. deep), late 19th century, and a further quantity of 20th century shaped pelmets of shades of green and burgundy, some printed, most plain, some with pom-pom fringing, with additional five needlework strips, late 19th century, four worked with protea and passion-fruit flowers, buds and foliage on cream ground, the other with stylised artichoke and acanthus, on cream ground (132cm. wide, 20cm. high, and smaller) (QTY)