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Shaped lace ruffle
Flemish (Mechlin)
18th century
Object Place: Mechlin, Flanders
Medium/Technique
Lace, bobbin
Dimensions
Length x width: 232 × 11 cm (91 5/16 × 4 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Paul G. Pennoyer in memory of her mother Jane Norton Morgan
Accession Number43.208
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionShaped ruffle. Design same in each side but alternating in direction spreading out right and left from center, in uppper part of ruffle sprays of pomegranates, carnations, roses and other flowers not connected, in lower part of ruffle irregularly shaped areas filled with openwork designs and connected by small blossoms and leaves.