Figural Brussels Bobbin Lace Flounce Fragment
date: label: date made
content: early 18th century
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This fragment of a very fine linen bobbin lace flounce includes figures of humans, angels and vases. From the early 18th century, it is grounded with bobbin lace braids with picots that are carried across the back of motifs, indicating a Brussels origin. It has been pieced together at a later date.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Belgium: Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest
label: Associated Place
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
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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: Transfer from the Cooper-Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2013.0121.24
label: accession number
content: 2013.0121
label: catalog number
content: 2013.0121.24
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flounce, lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 35 in x 23 in; x 88.9 cm x 58.42 cm