Not currently on display at the V&A

Collar (Neckwear)

ca. 1850 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black silk bobbin lace with a row of conjoined medallions containing rosettes, eight-pointed stars, and Maltese crosses. The space above and below has long leafy stems on a plaited ground of quatrefoil diaper. Smaller similar rows of medallions form the top and bottom borders.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Bobbin lace in silk thread
Brief description
Black silk bobbin lace; Malta; ca.1850.
Physical description
Black silk bobbin lace with a row of conjoined medallions containing rosettes, eight-pointed stars, and Maltese crosses. The space above and below has long leafy stems on a plaited ground of quatrefoil diaper. Smaller similar rows of medallions form the top and bottom borders.
Dimensions
  • Greatest width: 32in
  • Depth: 14.5in
  • Length: 792mm
  • Width: 776mm
Credit line
Given by Mrs Adkins Cassell
Object history
Registered File no. 11988/1929 and 12159/1929.
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
T.197-1929

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Record createdJune 24, 2009
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