Object Details
- made by workshop of
- Lefébure, Ernest
- Description
- This cotton Alençon lace border or cuff from the late 19th century matches collar TE*T17893A and cuff TE*T17893C. In this set, horsehair is used to support the picots on the outside edge and some interior motifs. The entre-deux at the 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
- Credit Line
- Gift of Miss Marie Taveau, 1975
- 1855-1900
- ID Number
- TE.T17893B
- catalog number
- T17893B
- accession number
- 319013
- Object Name
- lace
- lace, cuff
- Object Type
- lace
- Physical Description
- alençon (overall production method/technique)
- cotton (overall material)
- horsehair (through picot loops at edge material)
- needle lace (overall production method/technique)
- Measurements
- overall: 30 in x 4 3/4 in; 76.2 cm x 12.065 cm
- place made
- France: Normandie, Bayeux
- See more items in
- Home and Community Life: Textiles
- Clothing & Accessories
- Lace
- Textiles
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Adornment
- Cotton
- Horsehair
- Lace
- Needle Lace
- Record ID
- nmah_620273
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b3-3cc4-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
