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Sample (USA)
This is a Sample. We acquired it in 1971. Its medium is cardboard, linen and its technique is embroidered on dissolvable substrate, mounted on cardboard. It is a part of the Textiles department.
This sample card is one in a series of cards produced by two retailers located in Springfield, Massachusetts. The card is mounted with a lace-like sample entitled "Plauen, or burnt-out Lace" from Forbes & Wallace, a well-known department store. Plauen refers to the town of Plauen, Germany, a locale known for the manufacture of machine-made lace, in particular, "burnout" or chemical lace. The lace produced using this process required an embroidery machine, often times the Schiffli machine, to produce an embroidered design on a cotton or net substrate. Afterwards, chemicals or caustic soda were applied to "burn away" the substrate leaving behind an open, lace-like fabric that could be used for curtain panels as well as other decorative and domestic purposes.
This object was donated by George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum.
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Cite this object as
Sample (USA); cardboard, linen; 1971-26-2-28
