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DS1987-143
Shown:1985-215,1-2
Bearing Cloth
DS1987-143 Shown:1985-215,1-2

Bearing Cloth

DateTextile 1650-1660; made late 17th-early 18th c.(?)
OriginEurope
MediumSilk woven with silk and metal threads in supplementary weft patterning; tabby silk lining; trimmed with metallic bobbin lace (metallics wrapped around silk core.)
DimensionsOW: 25 1/4" OL: 29 1/2"
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1985-215,1
DescriptionBearing cloth or cradle cover (with matching cap #2) of brown silk woven with silk and metal threads in a design of tightly-coiling floral leaves and stems woven in a supplementary weft float structure. The cloth is an elongated trapezoid, edged on all four sides with an inner border of 2"-wide metallic lace and an outer border of 1/2"-wide metallic lace. Six metal hooks are sewn to each side near the top for securing to a cradle or other support. Cream silk tabby lining.
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1700-1800
1953-981, Purse
1680-1700
DS2003-0397
1630-1650
DS2003-0397
1630-1650
Record
ca. 1939
Record photo by LB.
Textile 1650-1660; altered later.
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Stocking purse.
1650-1720
1953-130, Woman's Jacket
Textile: mid-18thc.; remade 1780s.
Coat 1967-612,1
1760-1780
DS1987-152
ca. 1900
2009 Record shot by L. Baumgarten. Stocking purse.
1840-1860