Border of Needle Lace with Octagonal Rosettes

anonymous, c. 1550 - c. 1625

The earliest needle lace was made by securing guiding threads to a background and building up the patterns with needle and thread. The tight grid of the threads lent itself to a wealth of geometric designs.

  • Artwork typestrip
  • Object numberBK-1967-30
  • Dimensionslength 214 cm x width 6 cm x 6 cm