Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This flounce of stylized floral motifs is executed in Blonde bobbin lace. The flounce is made of cream colored silk thread in three sizes. The ground is point ground, with the motifs made in dense linen stitches and lighter half stitches outlined with a heavy gimp thread. Honeycomb ground is used as decorative fillings. The flounce is edged with a narrow machine made picot edge on both sides.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Eula B. Lewis, 1983
- 1830-1845
- ID Number
- 1984.0111.243
- accession number
- 1984.0111
- catalog number
- 1984.0111.243
- Object Name
- flounce
- lace, flounce
- Physical Description
- lace, blonde bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
- silk (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 19 in x 204 in; 48.26 cm x 518.16 cm
- place made
- France: Hauts-de-France, Chantilly
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Family & Social Life
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Adornment
- Lace
- Lace Making
- Silk
- Bobbin Lace
- Record ID
- nmah_651557
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-0b0a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
