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Notion, Lace

Object/Artifact

"About 2 yards of Spanish or blonde hand made lace made of now-ivory silk. 7-8” deep edging or flounce with scalloped heading of wreaths surmounted by fronds nodding to one side, and scattering of small fronds in field.Karen Augusta:Cream silk handmade bobbin lace, the simple reseau and toile made as one piece. By the mid 1830s the designs motifs became larger than those from earlier decades. Blonde lace was made in France, Spain and England."

G2004.133

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1820 - 1840

User Age: Adult Gender: Female

American

Lace

handmade

Spanish

blonde

silk

wreaths

fronds

bobbin lace

Massachusetts

United States of America

North America

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