Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This Milanese style bobbin lace border depicts Diana, the Roman goddess of the hunt, with her dog. It was probably made in Flanders early in the 18th century. The delicate motifs are executed with bobbin made decorated tapes in fine linen thread. The connecting mesh is decorated with regularly spaced square tallies.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Wm. M. Kingsland, 1909
- 1650-1700
- ID Number
- TE.E252705
- accession number
- 49730
- catalog number
- E252705
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, fragment
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 26 3/4 in x 7 1/8 in; 67.945 cm x 18.0975 cm
- place made
- Flanders
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Lace
- Lace Making
- used
- Linen
- Subject
- Bobbin Lace
- Record ID
- nmah_623462
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-67e6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
