Border
ca. 1820 (made)
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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.
Narrow flounce, possibly a bonnet veil by a later addition of a decorative border at each end.
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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. |
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Credit line | Given by Mrs H. L. Bliss |
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Accession number | T.360-1967 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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