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A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace (of continuous clothwork tapes; worked in large sections).

Border, 18th century

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace (of continuous clothwork tapes; worked in large sections).

Two Borders, 18th century

A work made of cotton, double weave.

Coverlet, Early 20th century

Ingeborg Olson

A work made of silk, satin weave; embroidered with silk floss in satin (flat) running black, outline, and star stitches; steel frame; knotted wood handle.

Parasol, c.1878

A work made of cotton, machine-made twist net; embroidered with cotton and linen in chain stitches (tambour work), darning, overcast, and wave filling stitches.

Cap, 1850/1900

A work made of linen, needle lace.

Border, 1675/1700

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "mechlin" with a mechlin mesh ground.

Pair of Lappets (Joined), 1760/65

A work made of linen, plain weave; edged with mixed lace; bobbin part lace of a type known as "duchesse" with inserts of needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze".

Handkerchief, 1875/1900

A work made of silk, needle lace; embroidered in back, four-sided open work, running, and satin stitches; french knots; mounted to cotton fiber paper.

Border, 1825/75

A work made of silk and mohair, pusher machine lace.

Cape, 1860s

A work made of black chantilly lace overy ivory taffeta. lined with thin white silk; wood handle in form of rustic sitck; folding handle; steel tubing frame.

Parasol, c.1865/70

Gorham Manufacturing Company

A work made of cotton, machine-made net; embroidered in darning, flat, half-cross, overcast, satin, and wave filling stitches; edged in machine-made picot edging.

Shawl ?, c. 1900

A work made of cotton, mixed lace of a type known as "application d'angleterre;" bobbin lace motifs with needle-made fillings on a needle lace mesh ground.

Flounce, 1860s/90s

A work made of gold-gilt-silver-and-copper-metal strip and gold-gilt-silver-and copper-metal-strip-wrapped silk, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1625/50

A work made of silk, plain weave; embroidered in back, buttonhole, overcast. padded overcast, and padded satin stitches; edged with square knotted netting; embroidered in open buttonhole filling, buttonhole; darned leave, and interlocking lace stitches; woven wheels and half wheels (lacis).

Handkerchief, 1850/1900

Hermione Rosales

A work made of linen, needle lace, coraline pattern.

Border, c. 1700

A work made of cotton, bobbin straight lace.

Border (Fragment), 1801/50

A work made of linen, strips of needle lace worked on a laid and plaited thread ground; joined to bobbin straight lace points.

Insertion, 1601/25

A work made of linen, knotted thread ground known as "filet" with darned in patterning.

Border, 19th century

A work made of linen, needle lace worked on a laid and plaited thread grid, reticello pattern.

Border, c. 1620/30

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