Marlborough Museum Collection of Textiles
Lace
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Collection |
MHS (Unaccessioned) Textiles |
Description |
Whitework lace collection of 6 pieces of Bobbin lace.
a. Strip of bobbin lace - 240cm x 2cm. Torchon lace with spiders and half stitch to make patterns.
b. Strip of bobbin lace - 80cm x 8.5cm.Torchon lace with started braids with talleys making leaves.
Torchon bobbin lace is characterized by an edge in the shape of a fan. It is a continuous lace, with the pattern made at the same time as the ground (source: The Creation Decoration and wikipedia on the internet).
c. Jabot - bobbin lace gathered onto white satin ribbon 67cm long - designed in two layers to form small frill in front of wearer's neck, 18cm x 18cm.
d. Collar - bobbin lace.
e. Handkerchief - deep bobbin lace edge of 9cm surrounding silk square.
f. Collar of bobbin lace - 75cm outer edge.
This panel of lace work measures 92cm x 81cm.
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Object ID |
0000.600.0264 |
Object Name |
Lace |
Other # |
T4497 |
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Last modified on: December 19, 2014
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