Bobbin, Lace

Object number2008.105.2 a-h

Datec. 1930

OriginPescocostanzo, Italy

MediumWood

Credit LineGift of Antonella Di Ianni

DescriptionEight (8) conical, hand-made wooden fuselli (bobbins) in shades of dark to light brown.Dimensions(a) Width: .375 ; Length: 5
(b) W: .25 ; L: 4.875
(c) W: .375 ; L: 4.875
(d) W: .25; L: 5
(e) W: .25 ; L: 5.125
(f) W: .375 ; L: 4.75
(g) W: .25 ; L: 5.125
(h) W: .25 ; L: 4.375
Historical NotesHandmade fuselli, created in Pescocostanzo, Italy, the birthplace of donor Antonella Di Ianni. Fuselli are the tools that are used to make bobbin lace. Donor Antonella Di Ianni 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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