Back of Capearly 18th century

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Cream-colored lace panel in a half-dome shape, with hexagonal mesh ground densely covered in raised floral, paisley, and scrolling motifs, displayed against a black background

Unknown, Back of Cap, early 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Helen Crocker Russell, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Back of Cap
Place Made: Probably France or Italy, Venice
Date Made: early 18th century
Medium: Linen needle lace
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 24 in. (15.9 x 60.9 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Helen Crocker Russell
Accession Number: M.67.50.21
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.

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Back of Capearly 18th century

Not on view

Unknown, Back of Cap, early 18th century, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of the Estate of Helen Crocker Russell, Photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title: Back of Cap
Place Made: Probably France or Italy, Venice
Date Made: early 18th century
Medium: Linen needle lace
Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 24 in. (15.9 x 60.9 cm.)
Credit Line: Gift of the Estate of Helen Crocker Russell
Accession Number: M.67.50.21
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.