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Pair of Lace Lappets (joined)
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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 linePair of Lace Lappets (joined), 1740–60. France, Valenciennes. Linen: bobbin lace (Valenciennes); overall: 111 x 11 cm (43 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Frances McIntosh Sherwin Collection, 1936.176
