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Collections

Length of Lace1700-1710

Not on view
Long horizontal strip of ivory needle or bobbin lace with an allover pattern of scrolling foliage, flowers, and standing figures on a fine net ground
Needle lace border in ivory thread, depicting a seated figure within an arched canopy flanked by scrolling foliage and flowering plants, with a small scalloped edging along the lower border.
Title
Length of Lace
Place Made
probably France
Date Made
1700-1710
Medium
Linen point d'Alençon needle lace
Dimensions
2 3/8 × 31 3/4 in. (6.03 × 80.65 cm)
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. John Jewett Garland
Accession Number
M.63.15.2
Classification
Textiles
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.
  • Kahlenberg, Mary Hunt. Fabric and Fashion: Twenty Years of Costume Council Gifts. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1974.