A PAIR OF VALANCES AND A PELMET
Lot 174

A PAIR OF VALANCES AND A PELMET

DATED 1880

Closed30 October 2012

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GBP 1,125

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A PAIR OF VALANCES AND A PELMET
DATED 1880
The white ground embroidered in coloured silks, the pelmet worked with the monogram 'MA' surmounted by a crown, the date beneath, the field and the valances worked with stylised flowers and foliage, with cord trim to the bottom edges
88 x 26 in. (249 x 66 cm.); the two valences 69 x 12.2 in. (201 x 31 cm.) and 82.5 x 12.8 in. (209.5 x 32.5 cm.) (3)

Specialist note

This set is said to have been commissioned by Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh, the second son of Queen Victoria, for his wife Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.