Not currently on display at the V&A

Border

19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flounce border of black silk bobbin lace in the Bedfordshire Maltese style with wheatears forming arches, loops and roundels. It has a straight upper edge and a scalloped lower edge.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk bobbin lace
Brief description
Flounce border of silk bobbin lace, Bedfordshire, 19th century
Physical description
Flounce border of black silk bobbin lace in the Bedfordshire Maltese style with wheatears forming arches, loops and roundels. It has a straight upper edge and a scalloped lower edge.
Dimensions
  • Maximum width: 40in
  • Maximum width: 101.6cm
  • Maximum height: 19in
  • Maximum height: 48.3cm
Credit line
Given by Lady Allen
Object history
Registered File number 1989/1582.
From the Collection of Lady Robert Manners.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.298-1990

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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