Border
1950s (made)
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A leading Cretan lacemaker working in the traditional style made this border. It shows how a 20th-century lacemaker has reworked an historical lace pattern. Here she has adapted it for modern use as a border for furnishing rather than dress.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bobbin lace worked in cotton thread |
| Brief description | Border, bobbin lace, Greece, made by Christina Koukoulari, 1950s. |
| Physical description | Border of bobbin lace worked in DMC cotton thread no. 120. |
| Credit line | Given by the maker |
| Object history | Registered File number 1995/1903. |
| Summary | A leading Cretan lacemaker working in the traditional style made this border. It shows how a 20th-century lacemaker has reworked an historical lace pattern. Here she has adapted it for modern use as a border for furnishing rather than dress. |
| Bibliographic reference | de Chaves, Lila, Greek lace in the Victoria & Albert Museum / introduction by Despina Koutsika. Athens : Indiktos, 1999. 236 p. : ill. ISBN 9605180529. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.687-1995 |
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| Record created | December 19, 2003 |
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