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Materials: Black wool and silk thread;
Chantilly bobbin lace, machine made with hand done needlerun embroidery.
Condition: Excellent. There are
six 1/4" and two 1/2" holes; not obvious and easily repaired.
Measurements: 53" x 106".
Comments: This Chantilly lace shawl was
made by the Pusher lace machine in the mid 19th century. Invented in
1812, the Pusher lace machine stopped making shawls in the 1870s. Pat
Earnshaw, in her book, A Dictionary of Lace, states, "As
many as five thousand Jacquard cards might be needed to produce the
large floral pattern of a shawl or veil." The cordonnet, the
outline stitching around all of the intricate design elements, was
embroidered onto Pusher lace shawls by hand. The floral lace pattern in
this shawl is typical of the 1850s and 1860s - abundant, cascading and
gorgeous.
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