Not on display

Flounce

1850-1870 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Flounce of black silk bobbin lace. Deep flounce for a crinoline dress worked almost entirely in wheatears with a thin outline pattern worked in cloth stitch with some areas of square and twist-net filling. Scalloped lower edge with a leaf-edged circle containing a Maltese cross within each scallop. The main part of the flounce is divided horizontally by serpentine lines with large leaf-shapes and stylised flowerheads in-between. Small Maltese crosses are incorporated in the top-most row of leaves.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk bobbin lace
Brief description
Silk bobbin lace flounce, Malta, 1850-1870
Physical description
Flounce of black silk bobbin lace. Deep flounce for a crinoline dress worked almost entirely in wheatears with a thin outline pattern worked in cloth stitch with some areas of square and twist-net filling. Scalloped lower edge with a leaf-edged circle containing a Maltese cross within each scallop. The main part of the flounce is divided horizontally by serpentine lines with large leaf-shapes and stylised flowerheads in-between. Small Maltese crosses are incorporated in the top-most row of leaves.
Dimensions
  • Width: 24in
  • Length: 209in
  • Width: 61cm
  • Length: 516cm
  • Length: 4920mm
  • Width: 420mm
Credit line
Given by Mr J. Badcock
Collection
Accession number
T.59-1983

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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