Lappet

Unknown

1890–1905 · linen · Costume Institute

While this is a single strip that was probably worn as lappets, but not designed as a pair of lappets, it is nevertheless a classic example of the best known of Italian needle-made laces.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1890–1905

Medium

linen

Culture

Italian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mrs. Morris Hawkes, 1945