Battenberg lace doily, Ida Arneson Nace, Town of Vermont, Dane County, probably late nineteenth or early twentieth century.

Identifier

http://dp.la/api/items/a0894ef2dd1d2d637e795cbc7ce84230

Title

Battenberg lace doily, Ida Arneson Nace, Town of Vermont, Dane County, probably late nineteenth or early twentieth century.

Creator

Nace, Ida Arneson, 1878-1962

Date

ca. 1890-1920

Description

This square doily incorporates a lace making technique known as Battenberg or tape lace. It is fashioned from a prefabricated white cotton tape linked with crochet webbing and buttonhole-stitch circles.

Subject

Textiles
Doily
Mat (furniture covering)
Furnishings (artifacts)
Furnishings and equipment
Battenberg lace
Needle lace
Lace (needlework)
Needlework (visual works)
Visual works
Visual and verbal communication
Household Accessory

Source

Recollection Wisconsin

Relation

http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/utils/getthumbnail/collection/wda/id/535

Type

physical object

References

http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/ref/collection/wda/id/535

Subject

Textiles
Doily
Mat (furniture covering)
Furnishings (artifacts)
Furnishings and equipment
Battenberg lace
Needle lace
Lace (needlework)
Needlework (visual works)
Visual works
Visual and verbal communication
Household Accessory

Citation

Nace, Ida Arneson, 1878-1962, “Battenberg lace doily, Ida Arneson Nace, Town of Vermont, Dane County, probably late nineteenth or early twentieth century.,” Center for Knit and Crochet Digital Repository, accessed August 12, 2026, https://digital.centerforknitandcrochet.org/items/show/28103.

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