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Length of lace: Caravel de Columbus
French
1892
Object Place: Calais, France
Medium/Technique
Silk machine-made lace
Dimensions
Overall: 45.7 x 22.9cm (18 x 9in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. John Burbidge
Accession Number2002.85
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionMachine-made lace border that depicts a flotilla of vessels, each a composite of the Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria. Anchors, rather than waves, form to great effect the scalloped edge.
ProvenancePurchased by John Burbridge in Santa Fe, NM, April, 2000; Gift to the MFA, March 20, 2002