Artefact of the Month 2019
January 2019
Sample book. Chinese from an industry known as Chefoo.
Early 20th C.
It has 15 pages with different samples of lace with prices.
24.5 x 18 cm.
Purchase from the estate of Shirley Burness-Smith.
February 2019
Point de Gaze needlelace showing a variety of wheel fillings.
End of a lappet.
Bobbin and needle lace.
21 x 12cm.
Gift from Liz Muncey.
May 2019
MBT.7.2017
Bucks Point edging early 19th century.
30.5 x 8.2cm.
Gift from Monica Betteridge.
June 2019
SPR. 24. 2018 Cloth with Reticella and Punto in aria laces and whitework embroidery.
Late 16th century.
Dr Spriggs loan collection.
July 2019
PM.1.2018 Ayrshire work.
Crown of a baby bonnet.
19th C. 29 x 33cm.
Estate of Pauline Milnes.
August 2019
MPR.x.2018
Collection of modern Honiton and East Midlands bobbins.
Gift from Pam Robinson.
September 2019
EBU.15.2018
Round Honiton Mat late 20th Century.
17 x 17cm.
Gift from Eleanor Burtenshaw.
