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Cap crown
Unknownearly 18th century
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Details
- Title: Cap crown
- Creator: Unknown
- Date Created: early 18th century
- Type: Cap crown
- Rights: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
- Medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace
- Viewing Notes: Instead of connecting bars, the bobbin-made motifs of this early 18th century Brussels-type lace are held together by a net which was added after the motifs were made. Nets are an important feature of other types of laces of the 18th and 19th centuries.-From Lace Exhibition, August 3 - November 7, 1982
- Exhibitions: Cooper Union Museum: "The Greenleaf Collection, Textile Arts from the 16th to the Early 19th Century," 22 Jan. – 9 May 1964, p. 20, no. 297.
- Dimensions: H x W: 27 x 21 cm (10 5/8 x 8 1/4 in.)
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