Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A white Lille-type bobbin lace edging. The design is of two flowers in a long pot with honeycomb filling.

Made from:

Cotton

Made in:

Belgium

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

3.8 × 268 cm (1 1/2 × 105 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.488

Class:

Lace

Signature marks:

Paper In pencil 6 1/2 yds/To be used for /1 Slip/2 yeds. 33 ins. retd./Oct. 1966 Wrapped around the edging now removed. tag Paper tag bordered in gold and printed in gold Made in Belgium/in black ink Ha 3598/lr/le M.60.50/6m rsae/330278 Pinned to edging now removed. tag Brass tag imprinted DENTELLE on one side and VERITABLE on the other side. Tied to the edging.

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973