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Call Number:
MSS 4
Creator:
Marlborough, Jane Spencer-Churchill, Duchess of, 1798-1844
Title(s):
Letter: Blenheim.
Date:
1843 January 17
Classification:
Archives and Manuscripts
Part of Collection:
2, folder 112
Provenance:
Acquired April 2005, Paul Mellon Fund.
Conditions Governing Access:
The materials are open for research.
Conditions Governing Use:
The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.

Scope and Content:
Ordering chintz, a bed with straight cornices, bed curtains lined with green glazed calico, four window curtains that can be drawn side-to-side (not the old fashioned way of drawing up), and a plain valance with a fringe, all to furnish the Duke's bedroom.
Genre:
Correspondence and Letters
Subject Terms:
Carpets
Chintz
Decoration and ornament
Draperies
Furniture
Interior decoration
Merchants
Social life and customs
Textile fabrics
Upholstery
Associated Places:
Great Britain
Associated People/Groups:
Charles Hindley & Sons (London)
Miles & Edwards (London)
Finding Aid Title:
Miles & Edwards and Charles Hindley & Sons correspondence
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3009
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3009?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1