Gros Point de Venise Needle Lace Cuff
Gros Point de Venise Needle Lace Cuff
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- Description (Brief)
- The gros point de Venise needle lace in this set of cuffs is of very fine quality with a variety of fillings in three dimensional floral motifs. The connectors between the motifs are decorated bars with circles and semi-circles adorned with multiple picots. The cuffs were cut from a larger piece of lace and edged with narrow borders made with bobbins, crochet and machine made lace. The original lace is the style of the third quarter of the 17th century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Lace
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- mid-19th century with older motifs
- ID Number
- TE.L7319B
- catalog number
- L7319.00B
- accession number
- 83674
- Credit Line
- Miss Emily Tuckerman Aug 11, 1924
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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