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Collections

Lace Borderlate 17th or early 18th century

Not on view
Horizontal strip of cream-white bobbin lace with allover scrolling vine and floral pattern, scalloped lower border with looped and rosette motifs, against a black background
Needle lace panel in ivory thread against a dark background, featuring dense figural and foliate openwork with birds and human figures interwoven throughout, finished along the lower edge with a delicate looped and scalloped border.

Unknown, Lace Border, late 17th or early 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Park View Antique Shop ( Mrs. J. Lofsky), photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Lace Border
Place Made
Italy
Date Made
late 17th or early 18th century
Medium
Linen needle lace
Dimensions
5 1/4 × 121 in. (13.34 × 307.34 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Park View Antique Shop ( Mrs. J. Lofsky)
Accession Number
M.65.61.11
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.