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Collar

Unknown1650–75

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

A deep, squared man's collar in needle lace, with large floral motifs and foliated scrolls with thick raised edges and finely worked connecting bars.

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  • Title: Collar
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1650–75
  • Physical Dimensions: w380 x d395 cm
  • Type: Collar
  • Rights: Bequest of Richard Cranch Greenleaf in memory of his mother, Adeline Emma Greenleaf
  • Medium: Medium: linen Technique: needle lace
  • Exhibitions: New York, NY, Cooper Union Museum, "The Greenleaf Collection, Textile Arts from the 16th to early 19th century", 22 Jan. - 9 May 1964.Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, "Treasures from the Cooper Union Museum", 13 July - 24 Sept. 1967.London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum/ The Art Council of Great Britain, "An American Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Designs from the Cooper-Hewitt, New York", 14 June - 12 August 1974.New York, NY, The Brooklyn Museum, "Art of Decoration. Drawings and Objects from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum", 18 De. 1973 - 3 Feb. 1974.New York, NY, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, "More than Meets the Eye", Nov.15, 1977 - Mar. 15, 1978
  • Dimensions: L x W: 39.5 x 38 cm (15 9/16 x 14 15/16 in.)
  • Bibliography: New York, NY, Cooper Union Museum, "The Greenleaf Collection, Textile Arts from the 16th to early 19th century", 22 Jan. - 9 May 1964, p. 13, no. 128.Washington, D.C., National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, "Treasures from the Cooper Union Museum", 13 July - 24 Sept. 1967, p. 17, no. 37.London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum/ The Art Council of Great Britain, "An American Museum of Decorative Art and Design, Designs from the Cooper-Hewitt, New York", 14 June - 12 August 1974, cat. no. 171, p. 77.New York, NY, The Brooklyn Museum, "Art of Decoration. Drawings and Objects from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum", 18 De. 1973 - 3 Feb. 1974, cat. no. 171, p. 77.Yelavich, Susan. Design for Life. New York: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, 1997, p. 38.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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