Chalice Cover With Geometric Reticella Style Lace
notes: label: Description
content: Reticella style Punto in aria need lace chalice cover. The center is divided into nine smaller squares by four-strand braids. Each small square has a reticella style circular needle lace motif. Four fine woven linen triangles surround the center square. Each triangle is hemstitched and has three circular needle lace insertions. The triangles are brittle and much mended. The border consists of Reticella style circular needle lace motifs, six on each side, which also are separated by a four-strand braid. Narrow (6mm) bobbin lace border is added to one end. Early, free-hand style. There is a narrow 1/2 cm woven linen edge on one side. This strip has been folded toward the middle and hemstitched.
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. James W. Pinchot, 1909
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L6866C
label: catalog number
content: L6866A
label: accession number
content: 50762
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Embroidery, Whitework
label: Object Name
content: Embroidery, Whitework
label: Object Name
content: embroidery, whitework
label: Object Name
content: embroidery, whitework, lace
label: Object Name
content: embroidery, whitework, lace, chalice cover
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 28.5 cm x 28.2 cm; 11 7/32 in x 11 3/32 in
label: Measurements
content: part: center: 12.5 cm x 12 in; 4 29/32 in x 30.48 cm