EditorialFragment of a Corner with Floral Motif, 17th-18th century. Spain, 17th-18th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 12.5 x 14.1 cm (4 15/16 x 5 9/16 in.).
EditorialFragment of a Border with Vines and Floral Motifs, 1600s. Italy, 17th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace edging; bleached and blue dyed linen (est.); overall: 13.5 x 17.4 cm (5 5/16 x 6 7/8 in.).
EditorialFragment of a Band with Birds and Trees, 16th century. Italy, Sicily, 16th century. Needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.); overall: 5.4 x 23.5 cm (2 1/8 x 9 1/4 in.).
EditorialCloth with Border of Vegetal Pattern, 19th century. Italy, 19th century. Plain weave linen with needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 91 x 141.7 cm (35 13/16 x 55 13/16 in.).
EditorialBand with Scroll Pattern, 16th century. Italy, Sicily, 16th century. Needle lace, burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.); overall: 14.7 x 388.3 cm (5 13/16 x 152 7/8 in.).
EditorialFragment of a Band with Geometric Motif, 17th-18th century. Spain, 17th-18th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 5.5 x 15.8 cm (2 3/16 x 6 1/4 in.).
EditorialCuff with Floral Vines, 19th century. Unassigned, 19th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.); overall: 17.9 x 21.8 cm (7 1/16 x 8 9/16 in.).
EditorialBorder with Crowned and Double-Headed Birds, 18th-19th century. Russia, 18th-19th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in one direction) and bobbin lace edging; bleached linen (est.); overall: 35.6 x 154.3 cm (14 x 60 3/4 in.).
EditorialBorder with Renaissance Motif, early 19th century. Italy, early 19th century. Needle lace, machine-made burato (twined ground and darned in one direction); bleached linen (est.); overall: 31.1 x 297.4 cm (12 1/4 x 117 1/16 in.).
EditorialFragment of a Band with Branching Vegetation, 17th century. Spain, 17th century. Needle lace, filet/lacis (knotted ground and darned in two directions); bleached linen (est.); overall: 17.6 x 23 cm (6 15/16 x 9 1/16 in.).
EditorialMachine to make rag-paper at Magnay's Albury Mill, Guildford. Scraps of boiled rag are agitated in a large vat before being bleached and washed and formed into pulp for the paper machine. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Dif...
EditorialFlorentine gentleman in military costume, 15th century. He wears a steel helmet with vizor and gold crest, suit of steel armour with red laces, red shoes and steel spurs. Horse harness in bleached leather. From a painting in the Florentine school of th...
EditorialBand, 16th century, Italian, Embroidery on gauze weave; warp: undyed linen, Z spun, S plied, 16 per cm, paired warps; weft: undyed linen, Z spun, S plied, 8 per cm, L. 13 x W. 4 inches, Textiles-Laces, Colorful silk embroidery complements the bleached ...
EditorialBand, 16th century, Italian, Embroidery on gauze weave; warp: undyed linen, Z spun, S plied, 16 per cm, paired warps; weft: undyed linen, Z spun, S plied, 8 per cm, L. 13 x W. 4 inches, Textiles-Laces, Colorful silk embroidery complements the bleached ...
EditorialMachine to make rag-paper at Magnay's Albury Mill, Guildford. Scraps of boiled rag are agitated in a large vat before being bleached and washed and formed into pulp for the paper machine. Woodblock engraving from the Penny Magazine, Society for the Dif...
EditorialFlorentine gentleman in military costume, 15th century. He wears a steel helmet with vizor and gold crest, suit of steel armour with red laces, red shoes and steel spurs. Horse harness in bleached leather. From a painting in the Florentine school of th...