Milanese Style Bobbin Lace Border

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Description:

Milanese Bobbin Lace tapes with Point de Paris mesh. The same on the front and the back, so threads are not carried across the back of motifs.

Date Made: early 18th c

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: Italy

See more items in: Home and Community Life: Textiles, Lace, Textiles

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Credit Line: Miss Annie-May Hegeman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.L7668Catalog Number: L7668.000

Object Name: LaceObject Type: lace

Physical Description: bobbin lace, milanese (overall production method/technique)Measurements: overall: 155 1/2 in x 5 in; 394.97 cm x 12.7 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-87a3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_624332

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