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Description: | white linen lawn, hand-embroidered in thick thread, cotton bobbin-made lace border, square; lawn centre with rounded corners;embroidered with triple scallop edge above each compartment with half-flowerhead; band inside of blocks of daisies with satin-stitch petals, ring of minute holes and seeding as centres; ivy leaves in seeding; between blocks diagonal lines of scrolling stem, satin-stitch spots between; diagonal lines sloped towards centre of each side making Vs at centres; one corner with initials "A.D." in satin-stitch ladders with spots between on ground of seeding; daisies across ladders, satin-stitch lines above and below; background of diagonal scrolls with satin-stitch spots and ends of scrolls; trefoil leaf above, flower below; edge with frill of lace ('Valenciennes de Gand') with flowers with tri-lobed leaves, above scallop; quatrefoils and scallop below points of scallops, sprigs above,
Accession number: NCM 1972-30/43 | Subjects: | lace (bobbin-made) needlework carried accessories | Temporal: | 1840-1860 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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