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
