Bohemian Lace Bonnets
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Short article by Abbie C. Mahin on Mechlin-type bobbin lace from Reichenberg (Liberec) in Bohemia, drawn from pieces she placed in the National Museum in Washington. She describes the gold and silver embroidered bonnets with lace borders worn by local women in the 18th and early 19th centuries, how lace quality and border height signaled rank, and the dismantling of old bonnets by antique dealers. She also discusses the possible origin of the wide Mechlin laces and the réseau ground (two braided and four twisted sides), and recounts buying lace from a traveling peddler from the mountains. Illustrated with photographs of lace strips and borders.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1920
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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