Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

This off white Belgian Venise needle lace insertion has been cut from a table linen. It is a panel that has at one end a medallion of a boy picking fruit from a tree. At the other end is of a medallion of a girl picking flowers from a tree. In the center of the panel are two similar medallions. The 2 1/2 inch insertions joining the medallions are of Belgian Venise needle lace in a scrolling flower design connected by bars.

Made from:

Cotton

Made in:

Belgium

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

71 1/2 × 9 in. (181.6 × 22.9 cm)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.472

Class:

Lace

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973