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Description: | pink rayon taffeta; green rayon taffeta; white cotton Schiffli machine-embroidered lace in 2 gauges of thread; Leavers machine-made lace border in brown cotton and silver (tarnished) thread (pattern of diaper of 5 petalled flowerheads above scalloped edge); cream silk Leavers machine-made lace (pattern of drooping stem with three-part calyx, 2 rows, each of 3 scallops forming petals, the latter with holes at edge); machine and hand embroidery, as an open fan; the sticks and guards on right hand side of green taffeta, the sticks with scalloped edge in zig-zag stiching, the guards embroidered with lozenges and scrolls in silver thread chain-stitrch, pink flowers, green leaves, inside edge with stem-stitch, the fan leaf of pink taffeta overlaid by Schiffli lace, patterned with pink and white roses with yellow and black centres; yellow flowers with black centres and green leaves, also 5 petalled flowers in pink and blue, yellow centres (these appear to be hand-embroidered); below top edge of leaf scallops in 3 rows of silver thread chain-stitch, catching in frill of brown and silver lace, and continuing down to base imitating folds of fan; at base bunch of 3 pink satin and georgette rose-buds, 7 loops of pale pink satin ribbon, 2 rosebuds at the ends of 2 tails, top with curved edge with frill of cream Leavers lace, link with pink taffeta over wadding; similarly shaped back in pink taffeta over wadding; seamed from sides partly along curves; sides piped, belonged to donor’s grandmother, Mrs Elizabeth Pilsworth (nee Culley), b. 10.7.1888; married 1909 Alderman Louis Pilsworth (1887 – 1950) lace manufacturer in Nottingham, firstly with F W Pare & Co, then in partnership with Pare as Pare and Pilsworth, 1920 to c.1940. From c.1940 to his death he was listed as an embroidery manufacturer. The firm continued, becoming a limited company in c.1955, until 1985 when it closed down. Alderman was Sheriff in 1938 and Lord Mayor in 1941-2. They resided at 7 Sefton Drive, Mapperley Park, Nottingham
Accession number: NCMG 2005-186 | Subjects: | costume accessories lace (machine-made : Leavers) | Temporal: | 1930-1940 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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