Gros Point de Venise Needle Lace Cuff
date: label: date made
content: mid-19th century with older motifs
notes: label: Description
content: The gros point de Venise needle lace in this set of cuffs is of very fine quality with a variety of fillings in three dimensional floral motifs. The connectors between the motifs are decorated bars with circles and semi-circles adorned with multiple picots. The cuffs were cut from a larger piece of lace and edged with narrow borders made with bobbins, crochet and machine made lace. The original lace is the style of the third quarter of the 17th century.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: general subject association
content: Adornment
label: general subject association
content: Lace
label: general subject association
content: Lace Making
label: used
content: Linen
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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: Miss Emily Tuckerman Aug 11, 1924
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L7319A
label: catalog number
content: L7319.00A
label: catalog number
content: L7297.00B
label: accession number
content: 83674
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace, Gros point de Venise (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 17 1/2 in x 5 in; 44.45 cm x 12.7 cm