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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Bolivia (made)

Sheet of paper with three samples of bobbin lace attached. The paper has the typed heading: 'Enclosure in Mr. Haggard's O.T. No 4 of January 15th, 1920' and 'TYPES OF COCHABAMBA LACE WORK' and the written inscriptions 'Bolivia' and '444'.

The three samples of bobbin lace are worked as insertions and borders in off-white cotton, and fastened to the pater with metal clips. One in finer thread is a simple torchon pattern, the other two are much coarser.

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Categories	Textiles Lace
Object type	Sample
Materials and techniques	Bobbin lace worked in cotton thread, paper Paper Cotton Thread Bobbin Lace Making
Brief description	Sheet of paper with three samples of bobbin lace attached, Bolivia, 1920.
Physical description	Sheet of paper with three samples of bobbin lace attached. The paper has the typed heading: 'Enclosure in Mr. Haggard's O.T. No 4 of January 15th, 1920' and 'TYPES OF COCHABAMBA LACE WORK' and the written inscriptions 'Bolivia' and '444'. The three samples of bobbin lace are worked as insertions and borders in off-white cotton, and fastened to the pater with metal clips. One in finer thread is a simple torchon pattern, the other two are much coarser.
Dimensions	Paper length: 13in Paper width: 8in Samples max. length: 3.5in
Object history	Registered File number 1984/2357.
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.456-1993

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O284643/sample-unknown/

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