Lambrequin
- Object Name:
- Lambrequin
- Object ID:
- 1967.015.14
- Date:
- 1887-1894
- Description:
- Mantel piece edging. Ecru cotton string macrame with long fringe and 2.5" strips of maroon velveteen, woven through holes. 72" x 9.5" wide, plus 9" fringe.
Lambrequin or mantle scarf. Crocheted using running, double and shell stitches with a baste (either ramie or jute) fiber 8-ply S-twisted yarn. Finished with 9.5" fringe. On right facing 16" in crocheted with a lighter colored baste fiber 9-ply S-Twist yarn, same yarn used for 26" of fringe. Decorated with 2.5"L x 68.75"W burgundy silk and cotton velvet ribbon woven through a joined cluster of six chain stitches then turned over 0.50" on left, 1.25" right, ends tacked on top and bottom of seam. Ribbon length comprised of four pieces 7", 23", 23", 17" finished with 0.25" seam pressed flat then whip stitched on each side of seam. Cut tacking stitches along top indicate it was stitched to something at one time. Three pencil lines on back of ribbon. found 14.5" in from left facing edge, 0.75" from top. A 1" X in pencil found 29" in from left, 0.5" down from top. Donated with other items from the donor's family. Possibly owned by Julia Hillard Wallingford who married Charles Sumner Cartland in 1887 in Dover, NH. - Material:
- Textile
Bast
Silk
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-17.5 L-75 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Lucia Cartland Hale and Mary Cartland Lomison. Donated with other items that belonged to Julia Hilliard Wallingford of Dover, NH, who married Charles Sumner Cartland, April 27, 1887, in Wellesley, MA. Charles worked as a banker residing in Dover, NH. Julia was living in Wellesley at the time they were married.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Lucia C. Hale and Mary C. Lomison
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