Not currently on display at the V&A

Border

ca. 1820 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Border of black silk bobbin lace. Lille mesh powdered with regularly-spaced floral sprigs solidly worked in cloth stitch. The bottom edge is decorated with a series of scallops, each filled with a roundel consisting of a serrated leaf above a lobed flower. The pattern is worked in solid cloth stitch with decorative fillings of honey-comb and half-stitch work. A thick silk gimp thread is used to outline the pattern.

Narrow flounce, possibly a bonnet veil by a later addition of a decorative border at each end.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk bobbin lace
Brief description
Border of silk bobbin lace, Caen, ca. 1820
Physical description
Border of black silk bobbin lace. Lille mesh powdered with regularly-spaced floral sprigs solidly worked in cloth stitch. The bottom edge is decorated with a series of scallops, each filled with a roundel consisting of a serrated leaf above a lobed flower. The pattern is worked in solid cloth stitch with decorative fillings of honey-comb and half-stitch work. A thick silk gimp thread is used to outline the pattern.

Narrow flounce, possibly a bonnet veil by a later addition of a decorative border at each end.
Dimensions
  • Length: 44.5in
  • Length: 113cm
  • Width: 10in
  • Width: 255cm
  • Length: 1112mm
  • Width: 267mm
Credit line
Given by Mrs H. L. Bliss
Collection
Accession number
T.360-1967

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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