Object Number: N8390

Collection: Applied Art

Object Name: handerkerchief

Description: Trimmed with bobbin 'spider-lace' design. Sewn onto blue paper backing. Paper label with black print: THIS LACE IS MADE AT HOME BY THE VILLAGE WOMEN IN THE SAME WAY AS IT USED TO BE DONE IN QUEEN CATHERINE OF ARAGON'S TIME-WHOM TRADITION SAYS INTRODUCED THE INDUSTRY .....(rest of label torn). Also image of woman wearing a bonnet and making lace