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Lace Lappets (pair)
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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. These two 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 Lappets (pair), 1740–60. France, Valenciennes. Linen: bobbin lace (Valenciennes); average: 52.1 x 9.9 cm (20 1/2 x 3 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Edward S. Harkness in memory of Mrs. Stephen V. Harkness, Twentieth Anniversary Gift, 1936.486
