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Pattern

Object number2008.105.14

Date1950-1959

OriginPescocostanzo, Italy

MediumPaper; ink

Credit LineGift of Antonella Di Ianni

DescriptionSquare paper pattern on blue card background. Pattern: tip of diamond and corner of square, with oval and diamond accents, outlined in black ink. Numerous pinholes along outline. Back shows pinholed-outline of pattern. Hand drawn.Dimensions7.125 x 6 in. (18.1 x 15.2 cm)
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. 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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