Lace

Early 19th century

  • Titles Lace (Descriptive)
  • Medium cotton, glass beads, needle lace
  • Dimensions 120 × 7 1/2 in. (304.8 × 19.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Biddle W. Worthington, Jr., in memory of Anita Eustis Worthington, 1987.210.4
  • Work Type lace
  • Classification Needlework

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Bust in profile right in chemise dress with ermine mantle. Daughter of Prince Ludwig and Princess Friedrike of Prussia, 1818 married Duke Leopold Friedrich of Anhalt-Dessau.
Covered chocolate cup and saucer of undecorated white stoneware, the cup footed and goblet shaped with two double scroll handles, the conforming cover with flat finial, the saucer molded with a slight indent in the middle to hold the cup, the interior of the cup is lapidary polished and the underside of the cover is glazed.
Creamware, Queen's-shape dinner plate enameled in rose-purple with a border of husk festoons and botanical flowers in the well, the "Husk" pattern as supplied to the Empress Catherine II of Russia in 1770.