Collar
- Place of origin:
Portugal (possibly, made)
- Date:
1880s (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (production)
- Materials and Techniques:
Machine made net, ctton, straw splits, silk
- Credit Line:
Given by Mrs I. D. del Strotcher
- Museum number:
T.300-1975
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Physical description
High necked, caped collar cut with a yoke and an outer frill of machine made black net, probably cotton. Decorated with straw splints which are twisted round the mesh of the net in roundels and leaf-shapes. The roundels are used to outline all the parts of the collar and the leaf-shapes form flower-heads round the neck band, the lower edge of the yoke and the outer, scalloped edge of the frill. The edges, which are cut and turned in, and flower stems on the frill are embroidered with yellow silk in running stitch.
Place of Origin
Portugal (possibly, made)
Date
1880s (made)
Artist/maker
Unknown (production)
Materials and Techniques
Machine made net, ctton, straw splits, silk
Dimensions
length: 330 mm centre back, width: 590 mm maximum
Historical context note
The Azores started trading in straw embroidered net in the mid-nineteenth century with other European countries, including England but mostly America.
Descriptive line
Collar of cotton net decorated with straw and silk, possibly made in Portugal, 1880s.
Materials
Silk; Straw; Cotton net
Techniques
Embroidery; Machine made lace
Categories
Clothing; Embroidery
Collection code
T&F
