Border
mid 19th century (made)
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Border of needlepoint lace in coloured silks partly stiffened with wire, known as Greek bibila lace. A row of thirty small stems bearing various flowers and fruit, springing from a narrow strip representing the ground. The stiff stems are made of wire covered with green silk, and the fruit is padded.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Bibila needle lace worked in coloured silks |
| Brief description | Border, bibila needle lace, Greece, mid 19th century |
| Physical description | Border of needlepoint lace in coloured silks partly stiffened with wire, known as Greek bibila lace. A row of thirty small stems bearing various flowers and fruit, springing from a narrow strip representing the ground. The stiff stems are made of wire covered with green silk, and the fruit is padded. |
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| Object history | When purchased it was mounted on linen in an oak frame (glass broken). Sight measure, 22 in. by 14 1/16 in. (New glass now put in, and frame stained black, July 1903) Registered File number 83262/1903. |
| Production | When acquired, attributed to English, 17th century. |
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| Accession number | 320-1903 |
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| Record created | December 16, 2003 |
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