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Lace flounce

Flemish
late 17th–early 18th century

Medium/Technique Bobbin
Dimensions Overall: 25.5 x 247 cm (10 1/16 x 97 1/4 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. William Hewson Baltzell
Accession Number29.1107
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ClassificationsTextiles

DescriptionDesign: elaborate rococo ornament worked with cloth stitch "toilé" detailed by "mailles à cinq trous," "point grillé," "point d'esprit" etc., accented by occasional woven outlines. Heading sewed on upper edge.