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Pattern

Object number2008.105.17

Date1952

OriginPescocostanzo, Italy

MediumPaper; ink

Credit LineGift of Antonella Di Ianni

DescriptionSquare paper pattern on wax paper with brown paper background. Pattern of rounded lines, with rounded star in center and small triangles on border, outlined in blue ink. Numerous pinholes along front outline. Hand drawn.Dimensions6.375 x 7.125 in. (16.2 x 18.1 cm)
InscriptionsHandwritten in bottom left corner, "Lappa / Antonella / ...-11-1952".
Historical NotesPattern used to make lace created by a man in donor Antonella Di Ianni's birthplace of Pescocostanzo, Italy. Donor's grandmother used these designs as a livelihood. She placed certain patterns like this one on wax paper and posted them in a glass window, so that other people could easily copy the pattern. Donor came to Pittsburgh in 1959 and worked for Horne's Department Store as a seamstress. She has worked as a master lacemaker in the Pittsburgh area, having learnt the craft when she was a young girl in Italy. Part of a collection related to the Italian folk art practice of lacemaking or bobbin lace, as practiced in the town of Pescocostanzo, Abruzzo, Italy. An immigrant from Italy, donor Antonella Di Ianni used these tools to make lacework as taught to her by her mother and grandmother.

Related institution Joseph Horne Company (1849 - 1994)

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