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Border

Border

  • Place of origin:

    Crete, Greece (made)

  • Date:

    1950s (made)

  • Artist/Maker:

    Koukoulari, Christina (maker)

  • Materials and Techniques:

    Bobbin lace worked in cotton thread

  • Credit Line:

    Given by the maker

  • Museum number:

    T.687-1995

  • Gallery location:

    In store

  • Image in copyright

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.

Physical description

Border of bobbin lace worked in DMC cotton thread no. 120.

Place of Origin

Crete, Greece (made)

Date

1950s (made)

Artist/maker

Koukoulari, Christina (maker)

Materials and Techniques

Bobbin lace worked in cotton thread

Object history note

Registered File number 1995/1903.

Descriptive line

Border, bobbin lace, Greece, made by Christina Koukoulari, 1950s.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

de Chaves, Lila, Greek lace in the Victoria & Albert Museum / introduction by Despina Koutsika. Athens : Indiktos, 1999. 236 p. : ill. ISBN 9605180529.

Materials

Cotton thread

Techniques

Bobbin lace making

Categories

Textiles; Lace

Collection code

T&D

Qr_O88077
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