Blonde Bobbin Lace Silk Flounce
date: label: date made
content: 1830-1845
name: label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This flounce of stylized floral motifs is executed in Blonde bobbin lace. The flounce is made of cream colored silk thread in three sizes. The ground is point ground, with the motifs made in dense linen stitches and lighter half stitches outlined with a heavy gimp thread. Honeycomb ground is used as decorative fillings. The flounce is edged with a narrow machine made picot edge on both sides.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Hauts-de-France, Chantilly
topic: label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Lace Making
label: Subject
content: Silk
label: Subject
content: Bobbin Lace
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Family & Social Life
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Eula B. Lewis, 1983
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0111.243
label: accession number
content: 1984.0111
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0111.243
objectType: label: Object Name
content: flounce
label: Object Name
content: lace, flounce
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: lace, blonde bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 in x 204 in; 48.26 cm x 518.16 cm