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Chalice cover
Unknownmid- 17th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Chalice cover edged by Venetian bobbin lace of elaborate triangles. Cover is ornamented by wide insertion of reticella. Pattern geometric in character.
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Details
- Title: Chalice cover
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: mid- 17th century
- Type: Chalice cover
- Rights: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- Medium: Medium: linen Technique: grid of withdrawn work with reticella style needle lace, embroidery and bobbin lace trim
- Exhibitions: Cooper Union Museum: "The Greenleaf Collection, Textile Arts from the 16th to early 19th century," 22 Jan. – 9 May 1964, p. 12, no. 78.
- Dimensions: H x W: 67 x 49 cm (26 3/8 x 19 5/16 in.)
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