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Description: | cap and border; white linen, woven with stripes of doubled threads, 16 single threads between; bobbin-made lace (pattern of irregular zigzag of plants with curved leaves and 2 or 3 stylised flowers emerging from sides alternately, clothwork with holes, linked by plaited bars with 2 or 3 picots on each side). The lace could be English or Flemish, straight front piece of linen, stripes running from front to back; caul of one main piece, gathered to centre of one edge of front piece, curved side panels between caul and front; crescent shaped frill extended at sides, gathered and sewn to front piece 2cm in from edge; frill deepest at centre front and tapering to sides; lace sewn to edge of frill, extended into lappets each side; wedge shape of similar lace from left end of frill and front piece, tapering into lappet; no similar lace on right side (removed ?); both lappets with additional piece of lace sewn on 18cm from end; right lappet with buttonhole-stitch bars,
Accession number: NCM 1990-217/1 | Subjects: | lace (bobbin-made) costume (women's) | Temporal: | 1690-1710 | Source: | Nottingham City Museums and Galleries | Identifier: | http://media.culturegrid.org.uk/mediaLib... | Go to resource |
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