Border
1625-1650 (made)
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Long border of needlepoint lace in silk. Densely patterned with alternating vases containing, respectively, three round-headed flowers and one stiff lily-like flower. The ground is filled with leafy-stems and buds.
The lace is worked with cream silk in knotted buttonhole stitch, mainly in solid tape-like lines but with some spaced-work to give a shaded half-stitch effect. The solid lines of the pattern are linked by many bars of twisted threads to give a dense and slightly blurred effect.
In design, the lace is closest to the Venetian laces but the technique and the use of silk suggests that it may have been made in Burano or elsewhere within the influence of Venice.
The lace is worked with cream silk in knotted buttonhole stitch, mainly in solid tape-like lines but with some spaced-work to give a shaded half-stitch effect. The solid lines of the pattern are linked by many bars of twisted threads to give a dense and slightly blurred effect.
In design, the lace is closest to the Venetian laces but the technique and the use of silk suggests that it may have been made in Burano or elsewhere within the influence of Venice.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Needle lace worked in silk |
| Brief description | Long border of needlepoint lace worked in silk, probably made in Burano, 1625-1650 |
| Physical description | Long border of needlepoint lace in silk. Densely patterned with alternating vases containing, respectively, three round-headed flowers and one stiff lily-like flower. The ground is filled with leafy-stems and buds. The lace is worked with cream silk in knotted buttonhole stitch, mainly in solid tape-like lines but with some spaced-work to give a shaded half-stitch effect. The solid lines of the pattern are linked by many bars of twisted threads to give a dense and slightly blurred effect. In design, the lace is closest to the Venetian laces but the technique and the use of silk suggests that it may have been made in Burano or elsewhere within the influence of Venice. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr A. I. Spriggs |
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| Accession number | T.426-1971 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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