Flounce
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th century
name: label: Collector
content: William A. Clark, (American, 1839–1925)
notes: label: Description
content: Scalloped flounce of Argentan lace with large-scale, realistic floral bouquets, acanthus leaves and meandering vines with small flowers. Elaborate rocaille forms are filled with a variety of decorative filling stitches. Some machine lace insertions made to the ground in the nineteenth century.
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 from the Trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, William A. Clark Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 2018-50-12
objectType: label: Type
content: lace
label: Type
content: Flounce
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace with machine lace insertions
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 67.3 × 315 cm (26 1/2 in. × 10 ft. 4 in.)