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This example of duchesse lace shows how it can be fashioned to conform to the shape of the object for which it is made, in this case a handkerchief with four corners.
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Title: Handkerchief
Date: fourth quarter 19th century
Culture: Belgian
Medium: cotton, linen
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Brooklyn Museum Collection
Accession Number: 2009.300.2938
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