Lappet

Unknown

1740–70 · linen · Costume Institute

Although these joined lappets are not originally designed lappets, but rather were made from a length of lace, the lace is fine and delicate and the 18th century devotion to naturalism is embodied in the floral motif

Artist

Unknown

Date

1740–70

Medium

linen

Culture

Flemish

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of the executors of the estate of Clara M. Blum in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum, 1966