Not currently on display at the V&A

Sample

ca. 1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Page containing samples of hand and machine-made lace. The paper is the headed notepaper of the company AREIAS & CIA, Rio Grande. There is a pen inscription 'These are imported laces' underneath which 14 pieces of white cotton machine lace border are attached. Below is a second inscription 'These are Santa Catharina handmade laces' under which 8 fragments of bobbin lace are attached.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bobbin lace, machine-made lace, paper
Brief description
Page containing 22 samples of hand and machine made lace, Brazil (Rio Grande), ca. 1919.
Physical description
Page containing samples of hand and machine-made lace. The paper is the headed notepaper of the company AREIAS & CIA, Rio Grande. There is a pen inscription 'These are imported laces' underneath which 14 pieces of white cotton machine lace border are attached. Below is a second inscription 'These are Santa Catharina handmade laces' under which 8 fragments of bobbin lace are attached.
Dimensions
  • Length: 11in
  • Width: 8.75in
Object history
Registered File number 1984/2357.
Collection
Accession number
T.451-1993

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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