toy furniture; bed hangings

A miniature canopy for a dolls house bed. It consists of a rectangle of multi coloured floral silk, with four shallow edges to fit over the canopy frame. Onto one edge of this, a length of cream gauze is attached, which has decorative circle and flower motifs. The two bottom corners of this are tied with bows of green wool.

object
MUSEUM NUMBER
nn4814.30.7
PLACE
COLLECTION
MEASUREMENTS
overall: 170 mm x 155 mm x 2 mm
MATERIAL/TECHNIQUE
textile; silk; thread; lacework; wool
CATEGORY
Anthropology: Ethnography
LOCATION
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