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The bertha-style collar was very fashionable at the end of the 19th century, in scale with wide leg-o-mutton sleeves. The pattern of this lace is particularly effective in the execution of trailing vines in the inner section of the pattern and in the variety and detail in the rendering of the flowers
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Title: Bertha
Date: ca. 1895
Culture: Belgian
Medium: linen
Credit Line: Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of the Brooklyn Museum, 2009; Gift of Millicent V. Hearst, 1962
Accession Number: 2009.300.2017
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