Alençon Needle Lace Cuff
date: label: date made
content: 1855-1900
name: label: made by workshop of
content: Lefébure, Ernest
notes: label: Description
content: This cotton Alençon lace border or cuff from the late 19th century matches collar TE*T17893A and cuff TE*T17893C. In this set, horsehair is used to support the picots on the outside edge and some interior motifs. The entre-deux at the edge is made with Droschel bobbin lace. It is attributable to the Lefébure workshop, Bayeux, France, and the pattern for this collar is in Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Alençon, France. See Bruggeman, Kant in Europa, (L'Europe de la Dentelle), 1997 p. 169, and Dépalle, Brigitte Delesques, La Dentelle à l'aiguille, p. 81
place: label: place made
content: France: Normandie, Bayeux
topic: label: Subject
content: Adornment
label: Subject
content: Cotton
label: Subject
content: Horsehair
label: Subject
content: Lace
label: Subject
content: Needle Lace
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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: Gift of Miss Marie Taveau, 1975
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.T17893B
label: catalog number
content: T17893B
label: accession number
content: 319013
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, cuff
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: alençon (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: horsehair (through picot loops at edge material)
label: Physical Description
content: needle lace (overall production method/technique)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 30 in x 4 3/4 in; 76.2 cm x 12.065 cm