I've been challenged to find an embroidery on the Tapestry to link with the Exhibition currently on show at Temple Newsam. This bedstead for 18/9 (that's about 94 pence in "new money") hardly compares with the magnificent, newly reinstated, Queen Anne State Bed but if you visit the present exhibition there are some more lowly servants beds displayed, with interpretation panels, around the House.
It's apparently National Bed Month and to celebrate this:
Bedtime Stories: Temple Newsam is celebrating National Bed Month by having a special talk every Wednesday
Weds, 28th March (11am to 12pm)
Come along and find out about historical beds and bedrooms with stories about the beds at Temple Newsam House, including the Queen Anne State bed. Booking is recommended, contact (0113) 264 7321.
There doesn't seem to be much information on the web about the forthcoming events of Temple Newsam's Bedfest but Textile Hunter has gleaned more about it than any other.
Back to the story of Peacock's. Founded in 1849, Peacock's shop was on the corner of the Headrow and Park Row until 1977, when it moved to its factory site at Kirkstall Bridge Mills. In 1981 the firm were taken over by Durastic Ltd.
Mary Mawson, who hand stitched this piece, was employed in the curtain workshop of the firm for 26 years.
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