Object Details
- Description
- This is classical Italian Cantù bobbin lace from about 1900. It is of fine quality made particularly to sell abroad. Originally apparently four placemats and two long runners, it does not have a sewing edge where the pieces are attached. It has two-dimensional animal and flower motifs made in finer thread than the rest of the lace. Animal figures are made first, starting at the outer points and working to the center. This provides neater points as well as the additional threads needed for the larger areas. It also aids in more appropriately and neatly attaching the trails.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- unknown
- date made
- ca 1900
- Credit Line
- Gift of Judge and Mrs. Samuel Jordan Graham, 1954
- Physical Description
- cotton (overall material)
- bobbin lace, cantù (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- each long panel: 100 in x 11 in; 254 cm x 27.94 cm
- each cross panel: 23 1/2 in x 17 in; 59.69 cm x 43.18 cm
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, tablecloth insertion
- Object Type
- lace
