Battenburg Lace Collar
Battenburg Lace Collar
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- Description
- A battenburg lace collar made about 1899 by Mrs. McChesney and worn by Mrs. Lillian M. Keneaster (Oct 1866 – July 23, 1913). Battenburg lace is a tape lace. Loops of even-width, woven tape are formed and basted to a pattern. Secondly, wherever the tape crosses itself, tiny stitches are made to hold it together. Lastly, decorative filling stitches are used in the open spaces created by the tape. It has been stated that Battenburg lace was first created when Queen Victoria of England named her son-in-law as the first Duke of Battenburg in the late 1800s.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, collar
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- 1899
- made at
- United States
- Measurements
- overall: 6 in x 40 in; 15.24 cm x 101.6 cm
- ID Number
- TE.E339748
- catalog number
- E339748.000
- accession number
- 99597
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Elsie Keneaster
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Textiles
- Victorian Needlework
- Lace
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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