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Border

Border

  • Place of origin:

    Italy (made)

  • Date:

    1570-1630 (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Unknown

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Reticella linen lace

  • Credit Line:

    Given by Miss A. Hall

  • Museum number:

    T.359-1970

  • Gallery location:

    In Storage

Physical description

Border of reticella lace, with linen ground cut and drawn into a series of half inch squares, decorated with single geometric patterns, mainly diagonal lines and triangles, in button-hole stitch. One long edge is trimmed with long, pointed scallops of bobbin lace, made in two pieces; a single, straight edging of plaited bobbin lace and a scalloped lace worked mainly in cloth stitch. There is a short piece of plaited bobbin lace attached to the narrow strip of un-worked linen at one end of the border.

Place of Origin

Italy (made)

Date

1570-1630 (made)

Artist/maker

Unknown

Materials and Techniques

Reticella linen lace

Dimensions

Length: 770 mm maximum length, Width: 160 mm maximum width

Descriptive line

Reticella lace border, Italy, 1570-1630.

Collection

Textiles and Fashion Collection

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