1525/1600 (lower edge: c. 1600)
Italy
Italy
Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work embroidered in double faggot, double hem, overcast and padded overcast stitches; needle lace inserts (of buttonhole, darned and overcast bars decorated with buttonhole collar and bullion picots); edged with needle lace points (of six-element plait, buttonhole, double buttonhole, and overcast bars)