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Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum > Records

KNOTTING, EDGING

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Overview

Beautifully hand knotted lace edging made by a family in Turkey, a gift to the donor.

A lace edging consisting of knots made with a needle and thread.

Lattice-like needle knotted band to which are attached semi-circles of knotted lace worked in white, pink and green synthetic thread.

Needle knotted lace is known by different names - Greece ‘dandella’, in Turkey and Cyprus ‘bibila’ and ‘oya’. Also known as Armenian lace, Rodi lace, Nazareth lace, Phoenician lace, Palestinian and Smyrna.

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Registration number

cwa-org-78-2023.61

Width

65 mm

Height or length

490 mm

Last modified

Wednesday, 13 August, 2025

Completeness

61

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

Embroiderers' Guild of WA Textile Museum

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