Collar
date: label: Date
content: late 17th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Long narrow scarf or collar of Point de France with elaborate floral and scroll designs in a symmetrical arrangement with figures of people scattered throughout. Figures include a woman with a long staff and a fan, boys with baskets of fruit on their heads and dolphins. The design is arranged so that the woman's figure is in the center in a medallion frame. From the center point, on the left and right, design motifs descend in an arrangement vertical with the length. Commonly called "Point de France."
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard C. Greenleaf Esq. in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1950-121-34
objectType: label: Type
content: lace
label: Type
content: Collar
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 229 x 17.4 cm (7 ft. 6 3/16 in. x 6 7/8 in.)