Altar cloth
date: label: Date
content: late 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Long rectangular altar cloth of embroidered net squares arranged in two rows. The two alternating motifs are a diamond within a square and a cross within a square. Each square has areas of plain weave cutwork with needle lace fillings and is edged by a band of bobbin lace. Both side and front edges have a band of bobbin lace with knotted tassels in between each scallop.
place: label: made in
content: Europe
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1974-8-14
objectType: label: Type
content: lace
label: Type
content: Altar cloth
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: patchwork of techniques, including needlework on knotted net; bobbin and needle lace
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 77 x 266 cm (30 5/16 in. x 8 ft. 8 3/4 in.)