Thursday, 21 November 2024
Textile
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'Frivolité / Tatting lace centrepiece', Made by Eva Herzfeld. (Photo: Breege Doherty)
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| Title of Textile: | Frivoleté / Tatting lace centrepiece |
| Maker: | Gertrude Herzfeld |
| Country of Origin: | Made enroute from Italy to Argentina |
| Year Produced: | 1948 |
| Size (cm): | 22cm diameter |
| Materials: | cotton threads |
| Type of Textile: | Memorabilia |
| Description: | This centrepiece uses the frivoleté / tatting technique. Eva Herzfeld and her mother learned this technique and worked on it during their six week sea crossing from Italy to Argentina in 1948. They made the journey with other Red Cross refugees, all fleeing post War Europe and seeking a better life in Chile.
The curator brought it with her when she moved to London in the late 1990s and later when she moved to Northern Ireland in 2004. |
| Owner: | Conflict Textiles collection |
| Location: | Conflict Textiles store |
| Original / Replica: | Original |
| Photographer: | Breege Doherty |
| Provenance: | Heirloom from the Bacic-Herzfeld family. (HM0724) |
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