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Historic Costume | Fine and Decorative Arts

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Collar

Clothing/Dress/Costume

Collar, needle lace (Point de gaz?) Point de gaz? needle lace collar with simple ground, denser filling, buttonholed gimp. Densely packed florets and leaves with very simple fillings at centers and midveins. Delicate picots. 1 3/4” deep. (92.016 is a newspaper)

G92.016.1

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

Female

1840 - 1870

Gender: Adult

Collar, needle lace (Point de gaz?) Point de gaz? needle lace collar with simple ground, denser filling, buttonholed gimp. Densely packed florets and leaves with very simple fillings at centers and midveins. Delicate picots. 1 3/4” deep.

Collar

Needle Lace

Point de gaz

buttonholed gimp

delicate picots

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