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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Italy (made)

Linen, cut and embroidered in satin stitch, French knots, and couched cords, with a ground of needlepoint lace. The repeating, symmetrical pattern is of two curved floral and leafy stems springing from a central device separated by detached similar devices. The fillings are in diaper designs, and the ground is of irregular square mesh. Some leaves and flower centres are filled with a variety of spaced buttonhole fillings. The lower edge is decorated with a simple torchon-like bobbin lace.

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Categories	Lace Embroidery
Object type	Border
Materials and techniques	Embroiderey and needlepoint lace on linen with bobbin lace edging Linen Linen Thread Needle Lace Making Bobbin Lace Making Embroidered
Brief description	cutwork with embroidery and needlepoint lace; Italy; 1600s.
Physical description	Linen, cut and embroidered in satin stitch, French knots, and couched cords, with a ground of needlepoint lace. The repeating, symmetrical pattern is of two curved floral and leafy stems springing from a central device separated by detached similar devices. The fillings are in diaper designs, and the ground is of irregular square mesh. Some leaves and flower centres are filled with a variety of spaced buttonhole fillings. The lower edge is decorated with a simple torchon-like bobbin lace.
Dimensions	Length: 68in Depth: 8.75in
Credit line	Given by the Trustees of the Bowes Museum, Durham
Object history	Registered File no. 1930/5605.
Subjects depicted	Flowers Leaves Stems
Collection	Textiles and Fashion Collection
Accession number	T.68-1930

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O292198/border-unknown/

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