Lace Edging

1800 - 1825

  • Titles Lace Edging (Descriptive)
  • Medium valenciennes lace
  • Dimensions 90 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (229.2 × 8.9 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Rosalie Joseph Leventritt in memory of her mother Jennie Marx Joseph, 1955.9.13
  • Work Type edging
  • Classification Needlework

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Oval plaque of white jasper with blue jasper dip on the front and back, on the front with in white relief a variation of "The Discovery of Achilles" featuring a kneeling female, daughter of Lycomedes, grabbing Achilles leg, Achilles with sword and shield, and Menelaus with helmet at his feet, reaching for his sword.
Oval blue jasper medallion with white relief profile portrait of H.R.H. Duke of Edinburgh, with white relief laurel leaf border