Pattern
Object number2008.105.15
Date1950-1959
OriginPescocostanzo, Italy
MediumPaper; ink
Credit LineGift of Antonella Di Ianni
DescriptionOval paper pattern on blue card background. Pattern of flowers with swirled accents, outlined in indigo ink. Numerous pinholes along outline on front and back. Hand drawn.Dimensions8 x 5.875 in. (20.3 x 14.9 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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1950-1959
1950-1959
1952
