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Pair of Lappets1720s-1730s

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Horizontal strip of cream-colored bobbin or needle lace with scalloped edges, featuring scrolling floral and leaf motifs against an open diamond-mesh ground
Needle lace border in ivory thread, featuring scrolling floral and foliate motifs on an open mesh ground, with a scalloped upper edge and densely worked raised surfaces throughout.
Title
Pair of Lappets
Place Made
Belgium, Mechlin
Date Made
1720s-1730s
Medium
Linen and silk Mechlin bobbin lace
Dimensions
3 3/4 x 42 1/2 in. ( 9.52 x 107.95 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Park View Antique Shop (Mrs. J. Lofsky)
Accession Number
M.65.61.6
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.