The Blackborne Collection of Lace
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A 1909 Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin article announcing the museum's acquisition of the Blackborne Collection of lace and surveying the history of lace from the late sixteenth to the eighteenth century. It discusses Venetian reticella and punto in aria, Baroque and Milanese figured laces, Netherlandish, French and Flemish types, and highlights a thirteen-panel Judith and Holofernes piece. Three photographs show Venetian needlepoint, a French point d'Alençon panel, and the Judith and Holofernes panel. It closes by noting the museum's lace holdings of nearly 3,000 pieces and the countries represented.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1909
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 3
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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