Tatted Lace Collar

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Object Details

maker

unknown

Description

This tatted lace collar is formed of 76 joined tatted medallions, each one inch in diameter, and is executed with two-ply cotton. Tatting is a knotting technique using one or two tatting shuttles to form rings and chains. The motifs are joined at the small loops called picots. According to the donor this was tatted before the Civil War.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Caroline Wolfley Shannon, 1937

date made

1850-1861

ID Number

TE.T08132A

catalog number

T08132A

accession number

145752

Object Name

tatting

tatting, collar

tatting, lace, collar

Object Type

tatting

Physical Description

tatting (overall production method/technique)

cotton (overall material)

Measurements

overall, neckedge: 13 1/2 in x 3 in; 34.29 cm x 7.62 cm

place made

United States

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Home and Community Life: Textiles

Clothing & Accessories

Lace

Textiles

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Adornment

Cotton