Mechlin Bobbin Lace Border with floral Garlands
date: label: date made
content: Mid 18th C.
name: label: Associated Name
content: Pinchot, Mary Eno
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Old Mechlin continuous bobbin lace border made in Belgium or France in the Louis XV (1715-1774) style. 7 ½” symmetrical pattern repeat. Fine quality. Same pattern as TE.L6882. It was possibly cut from the same piece. A machine made edging has been added.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. James W. Pinchot, 1908
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L6479
label: catalog number
content: L6479.000
label: accession number
content: 48717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, border
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, mechlin (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 1/2 in x 2 in; 110.49 cm x 5.08 cm