POWERHOUSE COLLECTION

Lace cloth

Object No. A9148-1

Cloth, assembled by nine pieces of bobbin and embroidered laces, 1600s to late 1800s

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Summary

Physical Description

Cloth, assembled by nine pieces of bobbin and embroidered laces, 1600s to late 1800s Lace cloth, assembled by joining strips of reticella, bobbin lace, and hardanger embroidery to a central panel of cutwork and reticella. Italian & [Norwegian] 1550-1850 See supplement for plan of the object /1 cutwork and reticella panel, 1550-1600 /2 reticella insertion, c1650 /3 reticella insertion, c1650 /4 reticella insertion, c1650 /5 bobbin lace insertoon , c1850 /6 bobbin lace insertion, c1650 /7 reticella insertion, c1650 /8 Hardanger embroidery panels (one each end) c 1850 /9 Genoese bobbin lace, c1650

DIMENSIONS

Height

880 mm

Width

505 mm

SOURCE

Acquisition Date

29 June 1983

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