Length of Lace

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Length of Lace

probably France, 1700-1710
Textiles
Linen point d'Alençon needle lace
2 3/8 × 31 3/4 in. (6.03 × 80.65 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John Jewett Garland (M.63.15.2)
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. Fabric and Fashion: Twenty Years of Costume Council Gifts. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974.
  • Maeder, Edward et al.. An Elegant Art: Fashion & Fantasy in the Eighteenth Century. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1983.