Cuffs
The elaborate, fanciful motifs in this lace are similar to those found on decorative arts objects of the period, and related to those on the silks known as "bizarre" of same period
Artwork Details
- Title: Cuffs
- Date: first quarter 18th century
- Culture: Flemish
- Medium: linen
- Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Josephine W. How, 1938
- Object Number: 2009.300.1756
- Curatorial Department: The Costume Institute
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