Recent Gifts of Lace
Sample pages
Page 1, at reduced quality. Open the document to read every page in full.
A short 1913 museum bulletin article describing recent lace acquisitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The main gift, from Mrs. Edward S. Harkness, comprises two Venetian needlepoint pieces, a modern Burano reproduction of point de France, and a Brussels bobbin lace flounce. The article also notes a drawnwork alb border, Spanish and English laces, and a point de France strip with figures. It discusses design and stylistic development from Venetian to French to Flemish lace. Two photographs of Venetian point and point de France are included.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1913
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 2
(A free account is all you need)
From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
Have missing pages or a better copy of this document, or another document to share? Contributing documents »