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A work made of linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work; embroidered with cotton in antique hem stitches; edged with linen, bobbin straight lace.

Cover, Second half of 18th/early 19th century

A work made of cotton, bobbin part lace of a type known as "duchesse de bruges".

Flounce, 1865/85

A work made of cotton, plain weave; block printed.

Palampore, 1940s

A work made of cotton, bobbin part lace of a type known as "honiton" with clothwork tape and plaited bar ground.

Half Shawl, 1850s/60s

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

Border, 1725/75

A work made of linen, bobbin part lace of a type known as "brussels"; regrounded with cotton needle made mesh.

Border, 1725/75

A work made of cotton and linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, 1850/75

A work made of cotton, mixed lace: bobbin part lace of a type known as "duchesse" and needle lace of a type known as "point de gaze" with later addition of silk, machine twist net.

Fragment (Skirt), 1875/1900

Bertha Honoré Palmer, (Mrs. Potter Palmer, I)

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

Border, 1850s

A work made of silk, satin weave with pattern inserted in weft floats.

Panel, 1775/1800

A work made of linen, needle lace of a type known as "point d'argentan" with buttonholed mesh ground.

Border, 1780s/90s

A work made of linen, bobbin straight lace.

Border, Second half of 18th/early 19th century

A work made of cotton, bobbin part lace of a type known as "duchesse de bruges".

Flounce, 1865/85

A work.

Panel, 18th century

A work made of silk, 4:1 satin damask weave.

Three Panels, 18th century

A work made of silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave with supplementary binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacing; fragmentary selvages present.

Two Panels and Two Fragments from an Image Robe, c. 1729/30

A work.

Panel, Mid–18th century

A work made of silk and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk, warp-float faced 7:1 satin weave of two-color complementary ground wefts with supplementary brocading wefts bound in twill interlacing, supplemenatry binding warps tying some self-patterning ground wefts in plain interlacing, and self patterned by areas of twill interlacing.

Panel (Dress Fabric), c. 1726/28

A work.

Chair Seat, 18th century

A work made of plain compound cloth.

Five Fragments, 18th century

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