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Chebka Knotted Lace insertion on pattern

1.25" x 151" (3.175cm x 383.54cm)

Very good condition, small tears along the edge of the paper pattern, but the lace itself is intact.

An unusual length of Tunesian Chebka lace still attached to the brown paper pattern. Simple geometric pattern of triangles and verticle bar elements.

purchased 09/06/2021
first posted 09/11/2012

References

Title:           Chebka, Dentelle Arabe, Traité Pratique
Author:       Les Sœurs-Missionnaires (Sœurs Blanches) de Notre-Dame d'Afrique
Publication: Collection Cartier-Bresson
Date::         1926
Publisher:    G. de Malherbe et Cie, Paris

Comprehensive excellent technical manual on Chebka knotted needlelace. Presumably written by missionaries with direct experience in Tunisia. This is the only work ever published solely on this technique.