Man's Cravat Made with Lace from the 17th Century
date: label: date made
content: 17th C
name: label: Associated Name
content: Pinchot, Mary Eno
label: maker
content: unknown
notes: label: Description
content: This man's cravat (rabat) was made in the point plat de Venise needle lace technique in the 17th century. The fine hexagonal needle made mesh connecting the motifs of swirls of narrow leafy veins has tightly buttonhole stitched bars with 3 picots on each bar. It is bordered on three sides with a ¼” wide edging of buttonhole stitched and picoted scallops. It was a gift to Mrs. Pinchot from her daughter, Lady Allan Johnstone, and might have been made in Italy or England.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England
label: place made
content: Italy: Venetan, Venice
topic: label: Subject
content: Needle Lace
label: Subject
content: Linen
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Clothing & Accessories
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Mrs. James W. Pinchot, 1908
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L6456
label: catalog number
content: L6456
label: accession number
content: 48717
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, cravat
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: linen (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: point plat de Venise (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 in x 15 in; 17.78 cm x 38.1 cm