Border
CultureItalian
Dateca. 1890-1900
MediumCotton
DimensionsOverall: 35 1/2 × 5 3/8 inches (90.17 × 13.64 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-127
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DescriptionNeedle lace made with fine close buttenhole stitches. A variety of spaced filling stitches and raised edges. Decorative layers of looped bars, with picots, are worked on top of the base lace. The border is grounded with a square mesh of shipped bars with decorative picots at the intersections.
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