Border
ca. 1700 (made)
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Metallic lace border, built up from chains of thread made with a hooked needle. The very open pattern consists of a curving open stem decorated with simplified leaves and forming compartments containing stylised flowers. It is reminiscent both of the later Baroque laces and of the small-patterned Brussels lace of ca. 1700.
Technically the lace is a form of crochet and may be the chain lace mentioned in English inventories and accounts of the 17th century.
The thread is of copper-gilt wound on a yellow silk core.
Technically the lace is a form of crochet and may be the chain lace mentioned in English inventories and accounts of the 17th century.
The thread is of copper-gilt wound on a yellow silk core.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Thread of copper-gilt wound on a yellow silk core, built up in chains with a hooked needle |
| Brief description | Metallic lace border, England, ca.1700 |
| Physical description | Metallic lace border, built up from chains of thread made with a hooked needle. The very open pattern consists of a curving open stem decorated with simplified leaves and forming compartments containing stylised flowers. It is reminiscent both of the later Baroque laces and of the small-patterned Brussels lace of ca. 1700. Technically the lace is a form of crochet and may be the chain lace mentioned in English inventories and accounts of the 17th century. The thread is of copper-gilt wound on a yellow silk core. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Levey, Santina. Lace. A History. Leeds : W S Maney, 1983, pl.392 |
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| Accession number | T.24-1980 |
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| Record created | February 2, 1998 |
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