Medium:

Medium: linen Technique: needle lace

Dimensions:

H x W: 240 x 8 cm (7 ft. 10 1/2 in. x 3 1/8 in.)

Repeat H: 52.7 cm (20 3/4 in.)

Type:

lace

Band

Made in:

France

Date:

1670–90

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Band of Point de Venise à Rose with serpentine floral sprays outlined by cordonnet and connected by bars with picots. Solidly worked areas are interspersed with decorative fillings stitches known as gaze quadrillée and portes.

Credit Line:

Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf

Accession Number:

1962-50-109

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4386f3800-8f7c-451b-b73f-f51c2f4417bd

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1962-50-109