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1976.23.14

Collar made of tatting.

1976.23.14

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Collection type
Object
Description
Collar made of tatting.
Cultural groups
English
Date / Period
Date made: Before 1976
Date collected
By 1976
Acquisition information
Bequeathed: 1976, uncertain Found unentered: 1981
Materials and processes
Material Cotton Seed Fibre Textile Plant, Process Tatted
Dimensions
Width: max 320 mm
Object numbers
Accession number: 1976.23.14
Research and responses

OED online Tatting: a. n. A kind of knotted lace, netted with a small flat shuttle-shaped instrument from stout sewing-thread; used for edging or trimming, and sometimes for doyleys, parasol covers, etc. (called in F. frivolité, Ger. frivolitäten). b. vbl. n.1 The action or process of making this. Also attrib. as tatting-cotton, -edging, -net, -shuttle, -stitch, -work. (Tatting-shuttles exist which are said to have been used before 1820.) [AP 25/09/2006]

Search terms: Clothing, Collar

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