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Lace Lappets
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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 Lappets, 1800s. France, Chantilly. Silk: bobbin lace; overall: 98.2 x 11 cm (38 11/16 x 4 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. J. Cox Morrill, 1940.6
