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Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage


About this object

An ecru collar in Bevere or Rissjele bobbin lace. The design is of stylized flowers with hole openings and "knot stitch" fillings. It has been adapted as a collar on a strip of net and narrow Point de Paris insertion as a neckline edge. The front edges are finished with a narrow bobbin edge Lille mesh in a "shoe" motif. This lace was usually made for Dutch costume caps.

Made in:
Flanders, Belgium
Date made:
20th c.
Size:
15.2 × 147.3 cm (6 × 58 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:
45.347
Class:
Lace
Signature marks:
Credit line:
Gift of Mrs. James L. Collins