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Lace
Italian
17th century
Medium/Technique
Linen; Point, Cutwork
Dimensions
20 x 29 cm (7 7/8 x 11 7/16 in.); Legacy dimension: .29 x .20
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number07.385
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionThe plain linen in this piece is embroidered with punto riccio, punto reale, and punto quadra. A strip of cut-work with a band of reticella above and below it. Sewed to the edge of one piece of reticella are points of the same work. Above the other band of reticella is a piece of linen in which are groups of square openings and embroidery.