Plate LXXXVII. BOBBIN-MADE LACE

No. 1. Fringed edging of bobbin-made lace. In both pieces the characteristic little seed shapes are freely used

No. 2. Scalloped border of bobbin-made lace called collar lace, in which the ornament is formed chiefly by a continuous narrow toilé or braid. The same threads are used in the whole width of the lace

Together 3 ft. 2 in.

Genoese, late 16th or early 17th century

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Plate LXXXVIII. FIVE BOBBIN-MADE LACES

No. 1 a curious early pattern of lace made in Umbria

Nos. 2 and 3 are Sicilian peasant laces

No. 4 a lace called in Umbria piedi di gallina

No. 5 a peasant lace called zeccatello

Together 10 ft. 4 in.

Italian, 16th century

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