Cap streamers

Unknownca. 1730

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Brussels-style lace in a design that consists of asymmetric, dense pattern of floral and foliated forms containing in undulating ovals, connected by narrow serpentine bands and floral clusters.

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Title: Cap streamers
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: ca. 1730
Type: Cap streamers
Rights: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
Medium: Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace
Exhibitions: Opening Our Doors, June - Sept, 1998Cooper-Union: "The Greenleaf Collection: Textile Arts from the 16th to the early 19th century," 22 Jan. through 9 May 1964, p. 21, no. 323.
Dimensions: H x W (pair): 25.4 x 6.1 cm (10 in. x 2 3/8 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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