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Dress front

CultureFrench
Dateca. 1730-1749
MediumLinen
DimensionsOverall: 36 x 28 1/2 inches (91.44 x 72.39 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-22/13 B
On View
Not on view
DescriptionNeedlelace of the Alençon/Argentan type. Very high quality lace, with a wide range of elaborate fillings and fine smooth buttonholing, relieved by openings and raised outlines. Most of the hexagonal mesh ground with picot decoration is original.
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Border
late 19th century
33-128
Dress drape or Bertha collar
ca. 1730-1749
32-22/13 A
Cover
early 17th century
34-174
Border
late 17th century
33-130
Woman's jabot
ca. 1900
R52-8/9
Flounce fragment
early 18th century
33-1564
Finishing Flounce
ca. 1715-1725
34-83
Small Cover
early 17th century
34-172
Border
ca. 1850-1899
54-18/9
Border
ca. 1890-1900
33-127