Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

An ecru Flanders bobbin lace edging. The design is of a simple floral with snowball fillings. The attachment edge is straight and the lower edge has picots.

Made from:

Cotton

Made in:

Belgium

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

3.8 × 779.8 cm (1 1/2 × 307 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.501

Class:

Lace

Signature marks:

tag Made in Belgium/le M HoSo/Bia 6729/le M leae//8 05riae/314113/le M.68.50 Pinned to the edging now removed The tag is bordered in gold. First line is printed in gold. "le M HoSo" is handwritten in red ink. The remainder is handwritten in black ink. tags DENTELLE/VERITABLE Attached with string at both ends.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973