Black Silk Chantilly Bobbin Lace Barbe or Scarf
Black Silk Chantilly Bobbin Lace Barbe or Scarf
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- Description
- This Black Chantilly lace lappet or scarf is a sample of early Victorian bobbin lace from about 1870. It is of good quality, but fragile. The fine black silk threads are disintegrating. The ends are of higher quality than the center section.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, scarf, lappet
- Object Type
- lace
- date made
- 1860-1870
- maker
- unknown
- place made
- Belgium
- Physical Description
- black (overall color)
- silk (overall material)
- chantilly, bobbin lace (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 65 in x 8 3/4 in; 165.1 cm x 22.225 cm
- ID Number
- TE.L7621
- catalog number
- L7621
- accession number
- 70138
- Credit Line
- Estate of Cassie Mason Myers Julian-James
- subject
- Lace
- Bobbin Lace
- Silk
- Adornment
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Lace
- Textiles
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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