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Border

1855-1865 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Dress trimming border of blond silk bobbin lace with small white flowers stamped out on woven fabric, possibly cotton. The lace has been worked as a very open mesh with some outlining in gimp thread. One edge is straight and the other scalloped. The fabric flowers have been sewn alternately to the points and the centres of the scallops.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bobbin lace worked in silk thread
Brief description
Dress trimming border of silk bobbin lace, possibly made in Caen or Bayeux, 1855-1865
Physical description
Dress trimming border of blond silk bobbin lace with small white flowers stamped out on woven fabric, possibly cotton. The lace has been worked as a very open mesh with some outlining in gimp thread. One edge is straight and the other scalloped. The fabric flowers have been sewn alternately to the points and the centres of the scallops.
Dimensions
  • Length: 1460mm
  • Width: 55mm
Credit line
Given anonymously
Object history
Registered File number 1991/1961.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.180-1991

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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