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Border fragment

mid-16th–19th century
Medium/TechniqueLinen, needle lace (Reticella)
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 56cm (3 9/16 x 22 1/16in.)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel
Accession number19.747
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
ProvenanceBy 1918, Hervey E. Wetzel (b. 1888 - d. 1918), Boston; 1918, by inheritance from her cousin, Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, Chicago [see note 1]; 1919, gift of Mrs. Albertine W. F. Valentine, residuary legatee under the will of Hervey E. Wetzel, to the MFA. (Accession date: March 31, 1919)

Notes:
[1] See Wetzel's will of November 8, 1918.
mid-16th–19th century
16th–19th century
17th–18th century
Lace
17th century
17th–19th century
Lace
17th century
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secord half of the 18th century
17th–19th century
16th–17th century