Lace sample

Museum number:
7-7124a-e
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21077124a@2de
Alternate number:
4073 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.3032
Description:
Lace, Irish. "A": White edging fragment showing shamrock thistle and rose designs, bottom edge is scalloped with smaller scallops on it. All pieces mounted together on one piece of hemmed linen. Stained. "B": off white edging with flowers. "C": same as B. "D": white, edging fragment; design: shamrocks and roses, equally spaced. Left edge hemmed, right edge raw. "E": same as D. Top edge damaged left aright edges raw. Bottom edges on all fragments are free. A. 10¼ inches by 2¾ inches. B. 10¼ by 1¼. C. 10¾ by 1¼. D. 1 ¾ inches by 1 ¾ inches. E. 12¼ inches by 1⅛ inches.
Donor:
Design Department (UC Berkeley)
Collection place:
Ireland
Culture or time period:
Irish
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lace (needlework)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1974
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)
Dimensions:
length 10 inches and width 3 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Lace sample, accession number 7-7124a-e, described as Lace, Irish. "A": White edging fragment showing shamrock thistle and rose designs, bottom edge is scalloped with smaller scallops on it. All pieces mounted together on one piece of hemmed linen. Stained. "B": off white edging with flowers. "C": same as B. "D": white, edging fragment; design: shamrocks and roses, equally spaced. Left edge hemmed, right edge raw. "E": same as D. Top edge damaged left aright edges raw. Bottom edges on all fragments are free. A. 10¼ inches by 2¾ inches. B. 10¼ by 1¼. C. 10¾ by 1¼. D. 1 ¾ inches by 1 ¾ inches. E. 12¼ inches by 1⅛ inches.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Lace sample, accession number 7-7124a-e, described as Lace, Irish. "A": White edging fragment showing shamrock thistle and rose designs, bottom edge is scalloped with smaller scallops on it. All pieces mounted together on one piece of hemmed linen. Stained. "B": off white edging with flowers. "C": same as B. "D": white, edging fragment; design: shamrocks and roses, equally spaced. Left edge hemmed, right edge raw. "E": same as D. Top edge damaged left aright edges raw. Bottom edges on all fragments are free. A. 10¼ inches by 2¾ inches. B. 10¼ by 1¼. C. 10¾ by 1¼. D. 1 ¾ inches by 1 ¾ inches. E. 12¼ inches by 1⅛ inches.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lace sample, accession number 7-7124a-e, described as Lace, Irish. "A": White edging fragment showing shamrock thistle and rose designs, bottom edge is scalloped with smaller scallops on it. All pieces mounted together on one piece of hemmed linen. Stained. "B": off white edging with flowers. "C": same as B. "D": white, edging fragment; design: shamrocks and roses, equally spaced. Left edge hemmed, right edge raw. "E": same as D. Top edge damaged left aright edges raw. Bottom edges on all fragments are free. A. 10¼ inches by 2¾ inches. B. 10¼ by 1¼. C. 10¾ by 1¼. D. 1 ¾ inches by 1 ¾ inches. E. 12¼ inches by 1⅛ inches.Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Lace sample, accession number 7-7124a-e, described as Lace, Irish. "A": White edging fragment showing shamrock thistle and rose designs, bottom edge is scalloped with smaller scallops on it. All pieces mounted together on one piece of hemmed linen. Stained. "B": off white edging with flowers. "C": same as B. "D": white, edging fragment; design: shamrocks and roses, equally spaced. Left edge hemmed, right edge raw. "E": same as D. Top edge damaged left aright edges raw. Bottom edges on all fragments are free. A. 10¼ inches by 2¾ inches. B. 10¼ by 1¼. C. 10¾ by 1¼. D. 1 ¾ inches by 1 ¾ inches. E. 12¼ inches by 1⅛ inches.

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