Border (Fragment)

Belgium, Flanders, probably Antwerp

18th Centurylace - bobbinlace

Date

1750/1800

Medium

Cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Mechlin" with a kat stitch mesh ground

Dimensions

11.6 × 35.8 cm (4 5/8 × 14 1/8 in.); Repeat Upper border: W.: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Main border: H.: 14.7 cm (5 3/4 in.)

Museum

Art Institute of Chicago

Location

Chicago, IL

Credit

Gift of the Antiquarian Society

Also notable

Works in the same vein

A27: Virginia Kitchen, 18th Century

E-22: French Provincial Bedroom of the Louis XV Period, 18th Century

Side Chair

Giles Grendey (English, 1693–1780) London, England