Not currently on display at the V&A

Tablecloth

ca. 1920
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Tablecloth with drawn threadwork, lacis and whitework embroidery, and with insertions of needle lace.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Embroidered needle-lace, threadwork and lacis
Brief description
Tablecloth with drawn threadwork, lacis and needle-lace embroidery, made in Italy, ca. 1920
Physical description
Tablecloth with drawn threadwork, lacis and whitework embroidery, and with insertions of needle lace.
Dimensions
  • Approx. length: 180in
  • Approx. width: 90in
Credit line
Given by Gwendoline Cartwright and Judith Ravelli-Treffert
Object history
Said by the donor to have been commissioned in 1923 for the wedding of Miss Marie Campbell, an Ohio steel heiress, and Baron Federico Ravelli, a portrait artist. Further details of the family on the register file. Given to the donor by Marie Campbell's daughter-in-law.
Subject depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.669-1997

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2004
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