Lace Fragment
- Object Name:
- Lace Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1974.063.12
- Place of Origin:
- New England
- Date:
- 1840-1900
- Description:
- Textile fragment. White cotton fancy weave check with a 2.5" hand-knitted cotton lace border attached to one edge. Area of cotton check is hemmed 2.25; verall length is 2.50", leaving 0.25 cut edge. Two sides are pressed into the hem and hand whipstitched. Appears to have been cut from the hem of a garment or household textile.
- Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-4 L-29 inches
- Provenance:
- Donated with a collection of bonnets and needlework that descended in the Dow family, paternal relatives of the donor.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Mrs. William F. Mudge
- People:
- Mudge, Margaret D. (1908-2001)
- Subjects:
- Lace, Knitting, Handwork, Needlework
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