strip of lace; natural linen; point d'Alencon; typical reseau; pattern button-holed horsehair; floral, scroll, other motifs. 8.5 x 72 cm. 3 x 27"; 18th century. back of number tag notes "I800-I850".
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Alencon, Normandie, France
Verbatim coll. place:
Alencon; France
Culture or time period:
European
Collector:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Materials:
Linen (material)
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Lace (needlework)
Function:
2.0 Use not specified (Secular Dress and Accoutrements, and Adornment)
Accession date:
1909
Department:
Europe and western Russia (except Classical Mediterranean)