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Lace Edging
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About this 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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineLace Edging, 1715–74. France, Alençon. Linen: needle lace (Point d'Alençon); average: 8.6 x 97.8 cm (3 3/8 x 38 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.175
