Bellpull
- Object Name:
- Bellpull
- Object ID:
- 1956.161
- Place of Origin:
- England
- Description:
- Bell pull, with brass ring. Heavy cream-colored slik and linen belting, with narrow Greek-fret borders in red. Scroll of uncut pile in foliage pattern runs through center of pull, which is attached to a studded bar of brass from which hangs a large ring of hollow brass. Wool embroidery, lined with linen plainweave.
- Material:
- Textile
Silk
Linen
Wool
Metal
Brass - Dimensions:
- W-3 L-33.5 inches
- Provenance:
- Owned by Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814). Note with object: "Bell-pull in Count Rumford's house in Brompton Row, London England. He died 1814".
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Marion A. Elklin
- People:
- Rumford, Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814)
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