Rare 17th Century Dense Needle Lace Fragment
date: label: date made
content: 1610-1630
label: Associated Date
content: 1600-1630
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This very dense, three-dimensional needle lace fragment was probably made in the Netherlands around 1620-1630. It is a very rare sample of a short-lived fashion. From a distance it is hard to see the intricate pattern with elaborate picots and buttonhole-stitched bars on top of the lace. It is sometimes called Helke or Halle needle lace.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Netherlands
label: where made
content: Netherlands
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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.L6863
label: catalog number
content: L6863.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, fragment
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 5/8 in x 11 in; x 6.6675 cm x 27.94 cm