Alençon Needle Lace Cuff
Alençon Needle Lace Cuff
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- Description
- This cotton Alençon lace border or cuff from the late 19th century matches collar TE*T17893A and cuff TE*T17893B. In this set, horsehair is used to support the picots on the outside edge and some interior motifs. The entre-deux at the edge is made with Droschel bobbin lace. It is attributable to the Lefébure workshop, Bayeux, France, and the pattern for this collar is in Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Alençon, France. See Bruggeman, Kant in Europa, (L'Europe de la Dentelle), 1997 p. 169, and Dépalle, Brigitte Delesques, La Dentelle à l'aiguille, p. 81
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, cuff
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- 1855-1900
- made by workshop of Lefébure, Ernest
- Lefébure, Ernest
- place made
- France: Normandie, Bayeux
- Physical Description
- alençon (overall production method/technique)
- cotton (overall material)
- horsehair (overall material)
- needle lace (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 4 1/2 in; 76.2 cm x 11.43 cm
- ID Number
- TE.T17893C
- catalog number
- T17893C
- accession number
- 319013
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Marie Taveau, 1975
- subject
- Adornment
- Lace
- Needle Lace
- Cotton
- Horsehair
- Coronation of King George V and Queen Mary
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- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Lace
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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