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Notion, Lace

Object/Artifact

Variety of exquisitely worked bobbin lace motifs carefully attached to a long piece of silk machine tulle curved as if intended to become a collar. Also has a couple of needle lace motifs as well. One flower has a very tiny lace roundel within each petal, like Italian lace. Perhaps these were rescued from a length of lace whose ground was shot. It appears to be an Early Brussels.Karen Augusta:Finely worked bobbin lace motifs of various techniques have been assembled together, hand stitched onto a machine made mesh ground in the shape of a bertha. The designs of these elements include leaves and large scale exotic blossoms. 18th C Brabant and Point d’Angleterre are the two types of bobbin lace found on this assembled piece.

G2005.164

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1700 - 1725

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

American

Lace

Flower

Bobbin

Hand Stitched

Bertha

Leaves

Blossoms

Brabant

Point d’Angleterre

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