Brussels Bobbin Lace Collar or Cape

Description (Brief):

Collar in 18th C. Brussels Louis XV style bobbin lace showing the French influence with the figures. It is illustrated in Jourdain’s OLD LACE, p. 47, plate LIII. The lace has been remodeled into a collar or small cape and mended.

Date Made: 18th C

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: France

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Credit Line: Mrs. Arnold Hague, 1910

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: TE.L7157Catalog Number: L7157.000Accession Number: 51813

Object Name: Lacelace, cape, collarObject Type: lace

Physical Description: bobbin lace, brussels (overall production method/technique)

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-4ab0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_623450

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