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Collections

Lappet1700-1725

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Horizontal strip of ivory-white needle or bobbin lace with allover pattern of scrolling flowers, leaves, and paisley forms against a black background
Needle lace border in ivory, featuring densely worked scrolling foliage and floral motifs with raised cordonnet outlines, openwork mesh grounds, and a scalloped lower edge, photographed against a black background.

Unknown, Lappet, 1700-1725, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Helen Crocker Russell, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Lappet
Place Made
Belgium, Brussels
Date Made
1700-1725
Medium
Linen bobbin lace
Dimensions
49 1/2 × 4 1/2 in. (125.73 × 11.43 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of the Estate of Helen Crocker Russell
Accession Number
M.67.50.22
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.