Veil with Russian Imperial Family Coat of Arms

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Textiles

1875/1900

Belgium

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Title: Veil with Russian Imperial Family Coat of Arms
Origin: Belgium
Date: 1875–1900
Medium: Cotton, needle lace of a type known as "Point de Gaze"
Dimensions: 225 × 183.6 cm (88 1/2 × 72 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Sr. through the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number: 1924.40

Virginia Bath, Lace (Chicago: Henry Regnery Co., 1974), pp. 87, 89 (illus.).
Jo Ann Eurell, “The Magic of Lace,” The Bulletin of the International Old Lacers, Inc. (July 2001).
Christa Charlotte Mayer, Masterpieces of Western Textiles (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969), p. 180, plate 141.
Christa C. Mayer-Thurman, Textiles in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1992), pp. 82-3, 85, 146.
Valerie Tvrdik, ed., The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago: The First One Hundred Years (Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977), p. 215, pl. 286.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, January 25–March 2, 1969
The Art Institute of Chicago, The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago: The First One Hundred Years, April 23–June 19, 1977
The Art Institute of Chicago, Agnes Allerton Gallery, Fashion Items and Textiles Pertaining to Fashion, April 29–July 16, 1978
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, A Birthday Celebration - 100 Years of Antiquarian Society Textile Collecting 1890–1990, September 11, 1991–February 17, 1992
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, “The Magic of Lace,” June 27, 2001–June 9, 2002

Miriam Jones (later Baroness Miriam Yonine) or her mother, Baroness Vladimir d’Artsimovitch (née Beulah Hobbs, d. 1953) to 1923; sold to Mrs. Potter Palmer, Sr.; given to the Art Institute, 1923.

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