Collection Highlights
Slave shackles
ca. 1866
1921.20
Steel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collar
Object name
Collar
Date
1900-1930
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 14 1/2 x 16 1/4 in. ( 36.8 x 41.3 cm )
Description
Cotton white work collar with white cotton floss embroidering, the collar is in two pieces that have square corners, and are joined together at the center with cotton fabric tape which trims the inside edge, the overall pattern is a embroidery, openwork and drawnwork floral garland with two butterflies near the center, the center edges are scalloped with openwork circles, the outer edges are of cutwork flowers with drawn work centers.
Object Number
Z.1129.1
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
