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Germany, Hamburg

Panel, 17th century

Linen, knotted netting embroidered with cloth, interlocking lace, and buttonhole stitches and woven wheels (lacis construction); edged on all sides with attached bobbin lace
40 x 57 cm (15 3/4 x 22 7/16 in.)
Restricted gift of the Antiquarian Society, Shirley Welsh Ryan, Marlene K. Phillips, Rosemarie Buntrock, Barbara Franke, the Textile Society of the Art Institute of Chicago, and friends in memory and honor of Alice Welsh Skilling, former President of the Textile Society, 2001–2005, 2008.168




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