Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

Two white Point de Paris bobbin lace end pieces (?) for linens. The design consists of a flower motif of mirror images. There are scrolled areas with fillings. The design is the same for both, but the fillings are different. On 45.522.1 the fillings are in a spider motif, whereas on .2 they are a scrolling clothwork. The top edge of the pieces is scrolling while the bottom edge is straight with picots.

Made from:

Silk

Made in:

Unknown

Date made:

20th c.

Size:

8.9 × 53.3 cm (3 1/2 × 21 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.522.1-2

Class:

Lace

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973