Bobbin lace border
Object No. A9148-15
Border, 1600s Genoese style lace, bobbin made, uncertain origin, 1850-1900
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Summary
Physical Description
Border, 1600s Genoese style lace, bobbin made, [Italian], 1850-1900 Continuous serpentine trail, with 2 double turns for each repeat held togehter by a plaited design which passes through, and ornaments the trail to form the dentate headside. Technique The cloth stitch trail uses the same 6 pairs of threads throughout, and the worker pair becomes temporarily passive while the plait pairs pass through the trail in their appointed places. The evenness of workmanship and smoothness of design indicate a "tigying up", if not simplification of the original 17th century design, and suggests modern workmanship.
DIMENSIONS
Height
640 mm
Width
55 mm
PRODUCTION
Notes
Continuous serpentine trail, with 2 double turns for each repeat held togehter by a plaited design which passes through, and ornaments the trail to form the dentate headside. Technique The cloth stitch trail uses the same 6 pairs of threads throughout, and the worker pair becomes temporarily passive while the plait pairs pass through the trail in their appointed places. The evenness of workmanship and smoothness of design indicate a "tigying up", if not simplification of the original 17th century design, and suggests modern workmanship. SEM analysis shows that the thread is linen The following laces were subjected to SEM analysis by Angharad Rixon in 2001: 24 laces in all 91/2064 93/27/1 93/27/2 93/27/3 93/27/4 93/27/5 93/27/6 93/27/7 93/27/8 A8960 A8961 A9148 -4 A9148-9/1 A9148-10 A9148-11 A9148-14a A924814b A9148-15 A9148-16 H3771 H3891 H5111-80 H5111- 81 H6419
SOURCE
Acquisition Date
29 June 1983
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