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Fragment of a Man's Cravatlate 17th century

Not on view
Horizontal strip of cream-colored bobbin lace with an allover design of scrolling vines, blossoms, and figures, with a picot loop border along the lower edge
Needle lace border in cream-white thread against a black background, featuring an intricate open network of scrolling foliage, animals, and a small standing human figure at center, with a scalloped picot edge along the lower border.
Needle lace fragment in ivory-white thread, displaying an intricate allover pattern of intertwined floral and foliate motifs with small picot edging along the lower and right borders, photographed against a black background.
Needle lace border in cream-white thread against a black background, with an open réseau ground incorporating figural motifs including a standing human figure, animals, and foliate forms worked in dense buttonhole stitches.
Title
Fragment of a Man's Cravat
Place Made
France or Italy
Date Made
late 17th century
Medium
Linen Venetian-type needle lace
Dimensions
11 1/2 x 28 in. (29.21 x 71.12 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of The San Diego Historical Society
Accession Number
AC1993.202.1
Classification
Textiles
Collecting Area
Costume and Textiles