Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A cream Alencon needle lace runner. The design is on a handmade Alencon mesh and is of needlelace flowers and leaves that are appliqued to the mesh.

Made from:

Silk

Made in:

UNKNOWN

Date made:

Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.

Size:

49.5 × 245.1 cm (19 1/2 × 96 1/2 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.566

Class:

Lace

Signature marks:

tag Old lace runner/90 1/2 x 20 1/4 inches With runner now removed. This is written in blue ink

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973