Collection Highlights
Wedding dress: yellow brocade with lace
1730-50 with several alterations into the 20th century
1949.115a
Silk brocade, needlepoint lace; silk chiffon
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Collar
Object name
Collar
Date
1900-1930
Medium
Cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 7 1/2 x 12 7/8 in. ( 19 x 32.7 cm )
Description
Cotton cambric whitework embroidered lace collar with hemmed neck edge, scalloped outer edges, the inner edge is decorated with a leaf motif, the scallops are filled with openwork circles surrounded around the bottom with triangle and openwork pattern and satin stitch circles which meet with the patterns on either side to form a heart, the extreme outer edge is finished in satin work.
Object Number
Z.1129.4
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
