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This is a good example of traditional Irish cutwork lace, known as Carrickmacross, with traditional Irish motifs incorporated into the design. Carrickmacross lace was often made at home as a craft rather than in professional ateliers, but nevertheless has an appealing quality.
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Title: Collar
Date: ca. 1890
Culture: Irish
Medium: cotton
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Jane Van Vleck, 1942
Object Number: 2009.300.1774
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