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Border with Battle Scene

1700s

Russia, 1700s

Medium
Linen; needle lace (cutwork and drawnwork), straight (continuous) bobbin lace, (tape lace) edging
Measurements
Overall: 61.1 x 192.5 cm (24 1/16 x 75 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. H. Wade 1921.596
Public Domain
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Handmade lace for marriage dowries was produced in large quantities in Russia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Description

This valance, a decorative drapery made for attachment at the frame of the bed, was a typical object from the dowry of a bride in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Russia. The valance would have been made for the wedding night of a newlywed couple. The elaborate battle scene rendered in this lace is unusual and exceptional.

Border with Battle Scene

1700s

Russia, 1700s

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