Cantù Bobbin Lace Tablecloth Insertion
date: label: date made
content: ca 1900
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This is classical Italian Cantù bobbin lace from about 1900. It is of fine quality made particularly to sell abroad. Originally apparently four placemats and two long runners, it does not have a sewing edge where the pieces are attached. It has two-dimensional animal and flower motifs made in finer thread than the rest of the lace. Animal figures are made first, starting at the outer points and working to the center. This provides neater points as well as the additional threads needed for the larger areas. It also aids in more appropriately and neatly attaching the trails.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy: Lombardy, Cantù
topic: label: Subject
content: Cotton
label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Judge and Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham, 1954
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T12044
label: catalog number
content: T12044
label: accession number
content: 202257
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, tablecloth insertion
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace, cantù (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: each long panel: 100 in x 11 in; 254 cm x 27.94 cm
label: Measurements
content: each cross panel: 23 1/2 in x 17 in; 59.69 cm x 43.18 cm