Eighteenth Century Needlelace Border
date: label: date made
content: 1720-1730
label: associated date
content: 1720-1730
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This early eighteenth century needle lace border has a very delicate, complex floral pattern. It was probably made in France or Flanders in the 1720s or 1730s. The technique is called Point d’Alençon and it compares to fig. 313C in Santina Levey, LACE A HISTORY. There is a crude join near the center and a few other repairs. It is very fragile.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Flanders
label: place made
content: France
label: made at
content: Flanders
label: made at
content: France
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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: Mrs. James W. Pinchot, 1908
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L6470
label: catalog number
content: L6470
label: accession number
content: 48717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, trim
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace, Alençon (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 21 in; 7.3025 cm x 53.34 cm