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Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

This deep brown flounce is executed in Venise type needle lace with hoop picoted bars and an 11 inch repeat.

Made in:
ITALY
Date made:
Early 20th c.
Size:
H. 10 1/2 in., W. 114 in.

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
45.318
Signature marks:
note Old dark / Point Venece / lace taped to cloth (since removed) handwritten by MMP in pencil on white paper label 250/2 on object (since removed) Auction label; orange; first line is printed in black, second is hand written. label MADE / IN / ITALY / HAND MADE on object (since removed) small red, white and green label container DENTELLES / MUNYER & Co. / THE HOMESTEAD THE GREENBRIER / HOT SPRINGS, VIRGINIA WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.VA. on box lid Printed in blue ink on white box (object found within). First line is placed over a coat of arms; second line beneath coat of arms.
Credit line:
Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973