Border
ca. 1884 (made)
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Place of origin |
This piece is from a group of lace acquired by the Museum in 1884. The Erzgebirge mountains are on the border of Germany and the Czech Republic and were the centre of a small lace industry in the nineteenth century. Lace-makers in Erzgebirge worked both bobbin lace in traditional patterns, and fashionable needle lace like this piece.
Object details
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Materials and techniques | Needle lace |
Brief description | lace, 1884, German |
Physical description | Lace border |
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Production | Erzgebirge |
Summary | This piece is from a group of lace acquired by the Museum in 1884. The Erzgebirge mountains are on the border of Germany and the Czech Republic and were the centre of a small lace industry in the nineteenth century. Lace-makers in Erzgebirge worked both bobbin lace in traditional patterns, and fashionable needle lace like this piece. |
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Accession number | 873-1884 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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