Collar

Unknown

late 19th century · linen · Costume Institute

Many examples of this kind of lace survive. The exuberant trumpet flowers, seeming to burst from their confines, and the curvaceous scrolls, all beautifully configured to the shape of the object, set this example apart from the norm.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 19th century

Medium

linen

Culture

Belgian

Department

Costume Institute

Credit line

Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Mable Gordon Parker, 1961