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Pair of Alb Cuffscirca 1750

Not on view
Horizontal white lace panel with symmetrical scrollwork, heart-shaped frames enclosing crosshatch grids, daisy flowers, and scalloped borders on a black background
Needlelace panel in ivory white, featuring large scrolling floral and foliate motifs worked over a fine mesh ground, with varied fillings including a diamond lattice pattern, finished with a scalloped lower edge and narrow bobbin lace along the upper border.

Unknown, Pair of Alb Cuffs, circa 1750, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John J. Garland, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Pair of Alb Cuffs
Place Made
France or Germany
Date Made
circa 1750
Medium
Linen Dresden work on cotton, trimmed with linen and silk Mechlin bobbin lace
Dimensions
8 1/2 x 14 in. (21.59 x 35.56 cm) each
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John J. Garland
Accession Number
M.57.8.17a-b
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Maeder, Edward. 600 Years of Embroidery from the Permanent Collection: 1380-1980. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1982.