17th Century Linen Table Cover Decorated With Scrolls in Bobbin and Needle Lace
date: label: date made
content: 17th C.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Possibly 17th century Reticella needle lace with bobbin lace borders at both ends. Scrolls in the same pattern are made in needle and bobbin lace. Needle lace in the center across the cloth, along the sides, and as fillers in bobbin lace borders. It is a sample of imitation in bobbin lace of the more time consuming needle lace insertions.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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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: Mrs. James W. Pinchot
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L7603
label: catalog number
content: L7603.000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, table cover
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 1/2 in x 22 1/2 in; 49.53 cm x 57.15 cm