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Linen, plain weave; cut and drawn work in buttonholed, darned, and overcast bars with buttonholed picots; embroidered in buttonhole, double running, hem, interlocking lace, overcast, and satin stitches; buttonholed couching; macramé edge with knotted fringe
Dimensions
41.8 × 52.6 cm (16 1/2 × 20 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of the Antiquarian Society
Reference Number
1900.3170
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Mayer, Christa Charlotte, Masterpieces of Western Textiles. The Art Institute of Chicago, 1969. No. 130, ill. pl. 164.
The Antiquarian Society of The Art Institute of Chicago, The First One Hundred Years. Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 1977. No. 279, ill. p. 211.
Bath, Virginia Churchill, Lace. Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, 1974. ill. p. 29.
Moseley, Spencer. The Space Between. Threads in Action, March 1970, p. 23.
Art Institute of Chicago, Masterpieces of Western Textiles, Jan. 25–Mar. 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, Seventeenth Century Textile Treasures from the Permanent Collection, March 11–June 15, 1983
The Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, The Magic of Lace, June 27, 2001–June 9, 2002
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