Alençon Needle Lace Collar

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Object Details

designer

Lefebure, Ernest

designed and made by the workshop

Lefébure, Ernest

Description

Grape and vine motifs with shadow effect decorate this cotton Alençon lace collar from the late 19th century. Horsehair is used to support picots on the outside edge and on some interior motifs. The entre-deux at the neck edge is made with Droschel bobbin lace. It is attributable to the Lefébure workshop, Bayeux, France, and the pattern for this collar is in Musée des Beaux-Arts et de la Dentelle, Alençon, France. See Bruggeman, Kant in Europa, (L'Europe de la Dentelle), 1997 p. 169, and Dépalle, Brigitte Delesques, La Dentelle à l'aiguille, p. 81. It matches cuffs or borders TE*T17893B and TE*T17893C.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Marie Taveau, 1975

date made

1855-1900

ID Number

TE.T17893A

catalog number

T17893A

accession number

319013

Object Name

lace

lace, collar

Object Type

Collar

lace

Physical Description

cotton (overall material)

horsehair (outline material)

Measurements

neck edge: 33 cm x 11 cm; 13 in x 4 11/32 in

place made

France: Normandie, Bayeux

designed at

France: Normandie, Bayeux

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject