Lace at the South Kensington Museum
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A 1894 Magazine of Art article by Alan Cole surveying recent additions to the lace collection at the South Kensington Museum, including the Bolckow bequest of 1891. It distinguishes true needlepoint and pillow lace from lace-like embroideries on net, cut-linen and drawn-thread work. It traces changing lace designs from geometric 16th-century types through scroll patterns, Venetian rosepoint and pseudo-Chinese styles of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Twelve photographs illustrate specimens, and the article ends with remarks on how the museum displays lace.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1894
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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From Ralph Griswold's Digital Archive, delivered by the University of Arizona.
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