Pair of Lace Lappets (1715–74): Art, History and Details

Pair of Lace Lappets (1715–74) 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 narrow piece of lace formed the pair of lappets (streamers that frame the face). A complete lace headdress can be seen in CMA objects 1936.489 and 1936.490.

Object facts

• Title: Pair of Lace Lappets
• Date: 1715–74
• Culture: France, Argentan
• Type: Lace
• Technique: Linen: needle lace (Point de Argentan)
• Dimensions: Average: 96.6 x 9 cm (38 1/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
• Collection: T - Lace
• Department: Textiles
• Accession number: 1936.484

Collection credit

Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness, Twentieth Anniversary Gift

Further reading listed by the museum

• Underhill, Gertrude. "A Twentieth Anniversary Gift." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 23, no. 10 (1936).
• Levey, Santina M. Lace: A History. [London]: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2004.

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