This lovely
curtain design is similar to one I saw in the Nottingham archive earlier in the
week. It mixes elements of Art Nouveau and traditional designs and is
advertised in the Peach company catalogue for 1904. It is described as a ‘design
in the new style of decorative art’. Although it includes Art Nouveau style panels
and images such as the large stylised roses, twisting stems and drooping
flowers it still conforms to the traditional curtain panel design of two outer
borders with a scalloped edge, a lighter central panel and a more dense bottom
border. It is 60 inches wide and can be bought in two lengths, either 3 and a half
or 4 yards long, at 12 shillings per pair or 13/6 per pair depending on the
size. Samuel Peach was a well known lace manufacturer in Nottingham,
established in 1857, and clearly produced quite a range of curtain designs as
well as other lace.
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