Lappet
Category
Costume
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Linen bobbin lace
Measurements
88 mm (Width); 895 mm (L)
Place of origin
Mechelen
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Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 609864
Summary
Bobbin lace lappet. Cream undyed bleached linen bobbin lace; snowflake grounds, linen stitch motifs and outlining cord/gimp. Design; floral repeat 180 mm. Picot edging on all sides, curved either end. Not in its original form, joined just over halfway. Part of pattern missing. 18th century from Mechelen, Belgium.
Provenance
Found in straw box with other laces and notes written by Lady Berwick (1890-1972). 8th Lady Berwick collection; bequeathed to the National Trust by Edith Teresa Hulton, Lady Berwick (1890-1972).