Binche Bobbin Lace Collar
Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This sample of Binche bobbin lace from about 1725-1735 is of fine quality. The style is sometimes called Fausse Valenciennes. The collar was fashioned from eight fragments of similar, but not identical lace in the 20th century. A newer edging has been whip stitched on.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Emily Tuckerman, 1924
- 1725-1735
- remodeled
- late 19th century
- ID Number
- TE.L7382
- catalog number
- L7382
- accession number
- 83674
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, collar
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- bobbin lace; binche (overall production method/technique)
- linen (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall at center: 32 1/2 in x 4 in; 82.55 cm x 10.16 cm
- place made
- Belgium: Wallonia, Binche
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- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace
- Lace Making
- Linen
- Adornment
- Bobbin Lace
- Record ID
- nmah_623849
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4d3e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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