Cap Back in Point de Venise de Reseau Needle Lace
Object Details
- date made
- 1700-1710
- date repaired
- 1875-1925
- maker
- unknown
- Description
- This cap crown is of Point de Venise de Reseau needle lace. The ground has been restored and the fine quality needlepoint motifs are now applied on machine made net. The lace dates originally from the early 18th century, and was remodelled in the late 19th to early 20th century. It compliments a matching lappet TE.L7693 and and border TE.L7694.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- place made
- Italy
- Subject
- Adornment
- Costume
- Linen
- Cotton
- Needle Lace
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Lace
- Textiles
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Annie-May Hegeman, 1915
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- ID Number
- TE.L7695
- catalog number
- L7695
- accession number
- 58000
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, cap crown
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- linen (overall motifs material)
- needle lace (overall motifs production method/technique)
- cotton (overall net ground material)
- machine made (overall net ground production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 38 in x 3 1/2 in; 96.52 cm x 8.89 cm
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- nmah_620342
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