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Fragments: T.1A & B-1989

Current Location: Gallery 27 (Glaisher)

Maker(s)

Unknown

Entities

Categories

Description

Mixture of needle lace (Venetian Gros Point), and woven tapes, strips of knotting, picots and large French knots (all of a later date), the whole applied to a blue silk satin ground backed with linen.

Notes

History note: Grimsthorpe Castle, Lincolnshire

Legal notes

Given by Lady Jane Willoughby

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1989-10-16) by Willoughby, Jane, Lady

Dating

17th Century-18th Century#
Circa 1600 CE - Circa 1799 CE

School or Style

English

Components of the work

Whole B Maximum Width 6.75 in
Whole A Maximum Width 7 in

Materials used in production

Linen
Lace
Satin

Techniques used in production

Needle point lace

Identification numbers

Accession number: T.1A & B-1989
Primary reference Number: 197636

Audit data

Created: Thursday 23 January 2014 Updated: Thursday 12 October 2017

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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