Curtains for the Museum Restaurant

Curtains for the Museum Restaurant

Museum aan het Vrijthof, Maastricht,

The Netherlands.

For the museum restaurant curtains

in the style of the end of the 18th century
and of the Maastricht region were requested.
Of course they also had to be practical for a restaurant.
The paintcolours for the ceiling, the walls and the woodwork were researched.

The two mantelpieces in the room are by the Maastricht architect Matthias Soiron,  circa 1790.

The two mantelpieces in the room are

by the Maastricht architect Matthias Soiron,

 circa 1790.



Historical reference:The colour and material for the restaurant curtains were taken from this original 18th Century sample.This is a design for a bed for the Abbess of Thorn (near Maastricht) probably by a cousin of the architect Matthias Soiron, circa 1780.The 18th century designer included samples of silk for his client. The design is kept in the archives.The colours were still vibrant and very useful.

Lit.:Willy Keijser-Schuurman "Van het kastje naar de muur":het belang van archiefonderzoek voor de restauratie van historische binnenruimten, in "Monumentenzorg? Vergeet de historische binnenruimte niet", Maastricht 2001