Not on display

Collar

1850-1875 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Bobbin lace collar. Bertha collar designed to fit round a low and wide neckline. Delicate open pattern of two rows of simple floral sprigs above a scalloped lower edge. The sprigs are linked by clothwork lines. Elongated and square wheat-ears are used as fillings within compartments decorating the upper and lower edges. The main parts of the pattern are in cloth stitch with openwork and chain decoration. The lace is grounded with a large square mesh of twisted and plaited threads made of cotton thread.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bobbin lace and cotton thread
Brief description
Bobbin lace collar, England, 1850-1875
Physical description
Bobbin lace collar. Bertha collar designed to fit round a low and wide neckline. Delicate open pattern of two rows of simple floral sprigs above a scalloped lower edge. The sprigs are linked by clothwork lines. Elongated and square wheat-ears are used as fillings within compartments decorating the upper and lower edges. The main parts of the pattern are in cloth stitch with openwork and chain decoration. The lace is grounded with a large square mesh of twisted and plaited threads made of cotton thread.
Dimensions
  • Depth: 11.5cm
  • Depth: 4.5in
  • Neck edge length: 87cm
  • Neck edge length: 34.25cm
Credit line
Given by Miss Sheila M. de Courcy Cuppage
Production
Lace may have been designed by Thomas Lester of Bedford
Collection
Accession number
T.56-1984

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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