Cap Crown and a Pair of Lappets
Flanders, Brussels (modern day Belgium)
1720s
- Medium
- Linen, bobbin part lace of a type known as "Brussels"
- Classification
- Costume and Accessories
- Dimensions
- a: 18 × 22.7 cm (7 1/8 × 8 7/8 in.); b: 64.4 × 11.8 cm (25 3/8 × 4 5/8 in.); c: 64.7 × 12 cm (25 1/2 × 4 3/4 in.)
- Culture
- Flanders
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Textiles
- Credit line
- Gift of Mrs. Edward E. Ayer through the Antiquarian Society
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
Very few complete lace headdresses from the 1700s survive, but these three pieces formed the major part of such a decoration. The semicircular cap sat on the head and the long lappets could be styled in a number of ways: hanging free, pleated, or tied in a decorative knot.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
