Creator(s): Olga Asta (Maker)
Currently in storage
About this object
A set of 8 off white lozenge shaped needle lace insets joined by 2 sections for dress trimming. The design is of Italian needle lace worked into connecting flowers of various types. The lace has raised couronnes of picots and a very open entoilage texture. They were wrapped in tissue marked in black ink Asta.
- Made from:
- Cotton
- Made in:
- Italy
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 3 × 52 in. (7.6 × 132.1 cm) Lozenge Section (Individual): 3 × 6 1/2 in. (7.6 × 16.5 cm)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 45.370
- Class:
- Lace
- Signature marks:
- Paper Asta With medallions, now removed.
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973