I received an invite from a lady now in her 80's to view and buy a collection of linens and other textiles that had been made over her lifetime. She was downsizing considerably and now felt it was time to part with them all. The hoard included Christening gowns, nightdresses, pillowcases and more. According to the seller some of the items had originated at Bowood House. Certainly some of the items do bear the laundry mark of "Bowood" and some have monograms and coronets that you would associate with the family from Bowood in the past. The listings this week from this collection include lace curtains....
and the most enormous linen and silk sheet that I have ever seen - 132" wide x 150" long (330cms x 375cms). This sheet has the laundry mark for Bowood and a hand embroidered monogram with coronet, dated 1844. As it is labelled "no 4" there were at least another 3 of these huge sheets originally!
And finally a masterpiece of hand embroidery and needlelace.
This is a fabulous hand embroidered bedspread - huge central monogram "K" with a coronet above and butterflies and foliage with hand worked needlelace inserts to the remainder of the bedspread. It does have some old repairs so was obviously much used and treasured by the family.
3 comments:
Wow, what stunning examples of textile and UK history. Just gorgeous, anyone would be thrilled to have the chance of owning such treasure!
Such a stunning piece! Are you offering it for sale as well? I'd love the dimensions if you are.
Thank you for sharing pictures!
Denise
I would also be interested in the beautiful bedspread with the butterflies. Just gorgeous!
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