Milanese Style Bobbin Lace Valance
Milanese Style Bobbin Lace Valance
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- Description
- This border is constructed with Milanese style bobbin lace. The slender meandering scrolls resemble scrolling vines with flowers and leaves. A variety of fillings decorate the flowers and leaves, including raised edges and tallies. The motifs are connected with double, braided bars with picots. The edges are original, made as part of the lace.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Lace
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- 1660-1690
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace, Milanese (overall production method/technique)
- linen (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 1/2 in x 186 in; x 24.13 cm x 472.44 cm
- ID Number
- TE.L7331A
- catalog number
- L7331.00A
- accession number
- 83674
- Credit Line
- Miss Emily Tuckerman Aug 11, 1924
- subject
- Lace
- Lace Making
- Linen
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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