Point de Gaze Needlelace Collar
notes: label: Description
content: According to the donors, this Rose Point set of collar and cuffs were made in France circa 1790, and was worn by Princess Caroline Murat at the Court of Napoleon III. Her father was exiled to America and she was born in the US in 1833. lived in Charleston for a time. The lace was given by the Princess to the late Rev. J.A. Harrold & his wife. This story is doubtful, as this type of Point de Gaze needle lace was not made before 1850.
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content: Currently not on view
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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: Gift of Miss Mary Harrold & her sidter Mrs. Caroline Harrold Chase, 1926
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E331633C
label: catalog number
content: E331633.00C
label: accession number
content: 91898
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Lace
label: Object Name
content: lace, collar
label: Object Type
content: lace
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 in x 3 in; 58.42 cm x 7.62 cm