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CultureItalian
Dateca. 1620-1640
MediumLinen
DimensionsOverall: 6 5/8 × 35 3/4 inches (16.84 × 90.81 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number33-129
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DescriptionTape-based needle lace. Freely formed needle lace built up on a base of narrow woven tapes, the edges of which are sewn in with buttonhole stitches in imitation of needle-made types. The smaller leaves and the centers of the flowers are worked entirely with the needle in plain and decorative buttonholing.
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