EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (Brussels-style), Fragment with a diagonal arrangment of small-scale floral sprays. Both borders have oval forms filled with brides. Vrai droschel ground., Belgium, 17501800, lace, Fragment.
EditorialTextile, Medium: cotton Technique: block printed on plain weave, Fragment of printed cotton with a square arrangment of symmetrical cartouches containting floral ornament, with another symmetrical floral cartouche filling the interspace. In red and bla...
EditorialPillow cover, Medium: linen Technique: cutwork, embroidery, Cutwork pillow cover with squares containing an alternate arrangment of birds and geometric flowers., USA, ca. 1910, embroidery & stitching, Pillow cover.
EditorialCut-out, Lockwood de Forest, American, 18501932, Ahmedabad Wood Carving Company, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, de Forest ownership 18811908, Pierced and cut-out sheet copper foil, the rectangular sheet of thin copper with pointed borders on the side, pier...
EditorialFragment, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace (Valenciennes ground), Band of Point d'Angleterre in a formal arrangment of leaves and scrolls in an open field of mesh. (quotation from 1933 catalogue card), Belgium, early 19th century, lace, Fragment.
EditorialParisiennes relaxing at Montmorency, a suburb of Paris. A woman sits in a swing beneath a tree, while another picks cherries. "A demi-elegante, even undressed in neglige, wears an embroidered dress and hat with feathers. A real elegant of the bon ton, ...