TABLECLOTH
Creator(s): Unknown
Currently in storage
About this object
A round white linen table cloth edged in filet lace in a pointed design with an urn motif. The main body of the cloth is heavily embroidered and inset with filet and needle lace. The center of the cloth is plain. The insets design is of urns full of roses. Eight of the insets are a Venetian-type needle lace while the other eight alternating are in filet lace.
- Object name:
- TABLECLOTH
- Made from:
- Linen
- Made in:
- Unknown
- Date made:
- 20th c.
- Size:
- 70.1 cm (27 5/8 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 45.55
- Class:
- Lace/linen
- Signature marks:
- tag A red bordered rectangular paper. Typed it reads No. 16/2 YDS. 9"x 2 YDS. 4. 3/4 "/LARGE 7 SMALL FILET LACE INSET./VENETIAN LACE INSET, URN DESIGN./3 1/4' FILET LACE, SCALLOPED EDGE./ROUND CLOTH./45.55 (in black ink) On the tissue of the cloth now removed.
- Credit line:
- Gift of Mrs. Augustus Riggs, 1974