Half of Point de France Needle Lace Collar
date: label: date made
content: last half of 17th C
notes: label: Description
content: Point de France needle lace in the style of the third quarter of 17th century. The dense floral motifs offer with much detail. It was possibly cut from a larger piece and made into a collar in 19th century. It matches TE.L7688 with both cut and left with a raw edge at the wide end. The lace is tapered and edged with a narrow (1/8 inch wide) bobbin lace edge with figure 8 gimp and picot edge.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Lace
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Miss Annie-May Hegeman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.L7687
label: catalog number
content: L7687.000
label: accession number
content: 58000
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, collar
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen, two-ply, s-twist (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace, point de france (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9 in x 18 in; 22.86 cm x 45.72 cm