Collar

Unknown

late 17th century · linen · Costume Institute

As it was customary to refashion fine laces, early lace pieces in their original form are fairly rare. That the lace pattern fills the whole space and conforms to the shape of the piece indicates this collar is in its original form. The ties are later replacements for the original ones.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 17th century

Medium

linen

Culture

Spanish

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Robert B. Woodward, 1915