Lace Lappet and Part of an Edging for Cap (1740–60): Art, History and Details
Lace Lappet and Part of an Edging for Cap at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1740–60, Bobbin lace. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Lace Lappet and Part of an Edging for Cap (1740–60) 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 long piece of lace formed the cap edging and lappets 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 and Part of an Edging for Cap
- Date: 1740–60
- Culture: Belgium, Mechelen
- Type: Lace
- Technique: Bobbin lace
- Dimensions: Average: 9.3 x 95.9 cm (3 11/16 x 37 3/4 in.)
- Collection: T - Lace
- Department: Textiles
- Accession number: 1923.1032
Collection credit
Gift of Mrs. Edward B. Greene, G. G. Wade and J. H. Wade Jr. for the Ellen Garretson Wade Memorial Collection
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