Pillow cover; plain linen; reticello lace front; designs of alternating squares of open medallions and squares mainly of uncut textile; plain weave back. According to Kaethe Kliot (1977) this is reticella with fine bobbin lace edging
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Milan, Northern Italy
Verbatim coll. place:
Milan; Italy
Culture or time period:
Italian
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pillowcases
Function:
4.1 Dwellings and Furnishings
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)