Lace Lappet (1780s–90s): Art, History and Details
Lace Lappet at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1780s–90s, Silk: bobbin lace (Mechelen blonde lace). Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Lace Lappet (1780s–90s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Very few complete lace headdresses from the 1700s and 1800s (known as a ‘lace head’) survive, but three pieces formed this type of headwear. This narrow piece of lace formed one of the two lappets (streamers that frame the face) and is one part of a ‘lace head’. a complete lace headdress can be seen in CMA objects 1936.489 and 1936.490.
Object facts
- Title: Lace Lappet
- Date: 1780s–90s
- Culture: France
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Silk: bobbin lace (Mechelen blonde lace)
- Dimensions: Average: 7.7 x 63 cm (3 1/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1924.484
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Justin G. Sholes
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