Collar

Unknown

1645–55 · linen · Costume Institute

While the shape of this collar is consistent with 17th century styles, and the lace and edging also date from then, the lace is pieced together in sections and has a raw edge at the neck opening, suggesting that it has been reconfigured from its original form. This could have been done later in the 17th century, as the shape suggests, or at any time since. It was common practice to recyle fine laces into more updated styles.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1645–55

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 the executors of the estate of Clara M. Blum in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Blum, 1966