Border
1570-1630 (made)
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| Place of origin |
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.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Reticella linen lace |
| Brief description | Reticella lace border, Italy, 1570-1630. |
| 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. |
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| Credit line | Given by Miss A. Hall |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.359-1970 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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