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Cap

1850-1874 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Cap of black silk bobbin lace with lappets. Shield shape and bordered with leaves with parallel lines inside filled with tiny bows. The middle, more open area of net, is worked with blossoms, and some of them hang down in trails. The lappets are very long, and narrow where they meet the cap and widening down their length. The border pattern of leaves and lines are continued, and are broken by two symmetrically patterned cartouches, and the net ground is scattered with spots.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silk bobbin lace
Brief description
Cap of silk bobbin lace with lappets, Chantilly, 1850-1874
Physical description
Cap of black silk bobbin lace with lappets. Shield shape and bordered with leaves with parallel lines inside filled with tiny bows. The middle, more open area of net, is worked with blossoms, and some of them hang down in trails. The lappets are very long, and narrow where they meet the cap and widening down their length. The border pattern of leaves and lines are continued, and are broken by two symmetrically patterned cartouches, and the net ground is scattered with spots.
Dimensions
  • Length: 1740mm
  • Width: 295mm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Melanie Lobël, in memory of Mrs Leontine Lobël
Object history
Registered File number 1992/2021.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.351-1992

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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