Object Details
- unknown
- Description
- This elaborate border is handmade Lille bobbin lace made with cotton. The ground is dotted with small squares called tallies. The straight edge is decorated with picots
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Delaney Whiting Balch, 1967
- 1830-1860
- ID Number
- TE.T14082
- accession number
- 272350
- catalog number
- T14082
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, border
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, point ground (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 3/4 in x 66 in; 9.525 cm x 167.64 cm
- place made
- France
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Lace
- Bobbin Lace
- Cotton
- Adornment
- Record ID
- nmah_1420696
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-c5b6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
