Images(2)

Pattern

Object number2008.105.16

Date1950-1959

OriginPescocostanzo, Italy

MediumPaper; ink; paint(?)

Credit LineGift of Antonella Di Ianni

DescriptionOval paper pattern on blue card background. Pattern of abstract designs (loops, diamonds, triangles, etc.), outlined in black ink and possibly yellow paint. Numerous pinholes along outline on front and back. Hand drawn.Dimensions7.5 x 11 in. (19.1 x 27.9 cm)
Historical NotesPattern used to make lace work created by 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)

Subjects