Finishing Flounce
CultureBelgian
Dateca. 1715-1725
MediumLinen
DimensionsOverall: 24 7/8 × 64 inches (63.17 × 162.56 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number34-83
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DescriptionBobbin-made part lace of the Brussels type (i.e. made in separate pieces and hooked or sewn together). High quality lace worked in whole and half stitch with raised "veins", a variety of decorative fillings and an irregular ground of pico-decorated bars. Attached to the original upper finished edge is a narrow bobbin-made heading. Repeating design of large, vertical motifs composed of feather-topped [illeg.] with draped curtains enclosing an imperial crown above a large eagle holding a bird in its claws. The curtains are held back by a pair of winged cherubs holding imperial crowns. The chain and lamb of the Order of the Golden Fleece and the initials "AC" or CA" are between main motifs.
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