Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This panel consists of 42 alternate squares of cutwork and lacis, edged with a border of needlepoint lace. The knotted filet net is embroidered with motifs like an elephant, a goddess, a horse, a hunter, and a dragon, among others. The woven cutwork squares are embellished with geometric needlepoint insertions and surface embroidery. It was probably made in Spain or Italy in the early 17th Century.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Annie-May Hegeman by Mrs. H. K. Porter, 1915
- 1580-1620
- ID Number
- TE.L7652
- catalog number
- L7652
- accession number
- 58000
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, panel
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- linen (overall material)
- filet, lacis (alternating square production method/technique)
- cutwork and needle lace (alternating squares production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 51 1/2 in x 44 in; 130.81 cm x 111.76 cm
- place made
- Italy
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Lace
- Textiles
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- general subject association
- Lace
- Lace Making
- used
- Linen
- Record ID
- nmah_625682
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-4293-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
