{"product_id":"antique-irish-linen-pair-of-pillow-slips","title":"Antique Pair of Irish Linen Pillow Slips with Bobbin Lace, c. 1915","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pair of antique pillow slips in smooth white Irish linen, circa 1915. They are generously sized at 96.5 × 53.5 cm (38 × 21 inches), so they will take a modern King-size pillow. Each slip is inlaid with hand-made continuous bobbin lace: large L-shaped corner cartouches and a matching central diamond medallion, the lace worked with spider-wheel and grid mesh fillings. Around the lace are hand-embroidered whitework sprays of satin-stitch flower buds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe slips are Oxford in style, with a drawn-thread hemstitched edge, and the construction is entirely hand stitched. Each back opening has a wide closure placket with hand-worked buttonholes and the original carved mother-of-pearl buttons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth slips are in excellent, near-mint condition. The linen is bright and strong, the lace sits at an even tension with no broken bars, fraying, or pulling away from the ground, and the embroidery is intact. All the mother-of-pearl buttons are present, and I can find no storage stains, yellowing or thinning.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penelope Textiles Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53608312570236,"sku":"PTANTLIN13","price":135.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0777\/2884\/2001\/files\/il_fullxfull.6445337601_aud8_7f33fc4c-d40f-4c9d-b168-7cce53b439c5.jpg?v=1745079785","url":"https:\/\/www.penelopetextiles.com\/products\/antique-irish-linen-pair-of-pillow-slips","provider":"Penelope Textiles Ltd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}