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Collections

Woman's Handkerchief1850-1875

Not on view
Cream-white needle lace textile, nearly square with scalloped border, dense floral needlework surrounding a central quatrefoil medallion with radiating parallel stitching
Cream-colored needle lace textile with large curved paisley-like motifs filled with fine parallel stitching, bordered by a floral net lace ground with raised leaf and flower details.

Unknown, Woman's Handkerchief, 1850-1875, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Costume Council Fund, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Woman's Handkerchief
Place Made
Belgium, Ghent
Date Made
1850-1875
Medium
Linen plain weave with cotton lace
Dimensions
17 1/2 x 16 1/2 in. (44.45 x 41.91 cm)
Credit Line
Costume Council Fund
Accession Number
M.87.236
Classification
Costumes
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles
Selected Bibliography
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Deux Siècles de Mode Européenne, 1700-1915. Paris: Arts Décoratifs; Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books-Prestel, 2013.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Delmonico Books/Prestel, 2010.
  • Takeda, Sharon Sadako and Kaye Durland Spilker. Fashioning Fashion: Europäische Moden, 1700-1915. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Munich; New York: Prestel, 2012.