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Lace Lappet
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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 lineLace Lappet, 1715–74 (Louis XV period). France, Alençon. Linen: needle lace (Alencon lace); average: 117.5 x 10.5 cm (46 1/4 x 4 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness, Twentieth Anniversary Gift, 1936.480
