Pillow Cover
1640 (made)
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Pillow cover of linen with cut work and lace insertions. The hem and seams are decorated with a single line of open-work and the open end with long loops of twisted thread. In the side seams are insertions of bobbin lace with an imitation reticella pattern.
The closed end is decorated with an insertion of geometric needle lace and with two broad panels of cut work. The cut work panels are both divided into a lattice-work of small squares, which are variously filled to form a geometric pattern of over-lapping squares and triangles. The fillings are solidly worked in button-hole and darning stitches with bullion-knots which produce a picot effect along the intersecting bars.
The closed end is decorated with an insertion of geometric needle lace and with two broad panels of cut work. The cut work panels are both divided into a lattice-work of small squares, which are variously filled to form a geometric pattern of over-lapping squares and triangles. The fillings are solidly worked in button-hole and darning stitches with bullion-knots which produce a picot effect along the intersecting bars.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Linen, with insertions of bobbin and needle lace |
| Brief description | Pillow cover of linen with bobbin and needle lace, Netherlands, 1640 |
| Physical description | Pillow cover of linen with cut work and lace insertions. The hem and seams are decorated with a single line of open-work and the open end with long loops of twisted thread. In the side seams are insertions of bobbin lace with an imitation reticella pattern. The closed end is decorated with an insertion of geometric needle lace and with two broad panels of cut work. The cut work panels are both divided into a lattice-work of small squares, which are variously filled to form a geometric pattern of over-lapping squares and triangles. The fillings are solidly worked in button-hole and darning stitches with bullion-knots which produce a picot effect along the intersecting bars. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'EYK / 1640' (Worked in the corner in eyelet stitches and raised over-cast stitch) |
| Object history | T.207-1966 is a matching pillow cover. Purchased from private owner. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | T.206-1966 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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