Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A white Lille-type bobbin lace insertion. The design has beading on one edge with the ground in a simple floral design with tallies in the ground.

Made from:

Cotton

Made in:

Belgium

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

3.2 × 589.3 cm (1 1/4 × 232 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.495

Class:

Lace

Signature marks:

tag Made in Belgium/Ha6539/od net 27/6 m ud/37 fr le m/329847 Pinned to the insertion, now removed. On a paper tag with gold border. 1st line printed in gold. m27 handwritten in red ink. All other lines in handwritten black ink. tags DENTELLE/VERITABLE Attached to each end of the insertion. Two metal tags with DENTELLE on one side and VERITABLE on the other.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973