Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Border

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Costume and Textiles

Border

Made in Italy, Europe

Second half of 16th century

Artist/maker unknown, Italian

Linen bobbin lace (Genoese)
3 1/2 x 64 inches (8.9 x 162.6 cm)

Currently not on view

1945-13-13

Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes, 1945

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The Fine Art of Textiles
This bobbin lace border imitates two types of needle lace--reticella, which is characterized by the square frame of its units and by diagonal elements, and punto in aria, which was used primarily as an edging. Dilys E. Blum, from The Fine Art of Textiles: The Collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (1997), p. 68.