Creator(s): Unknown

Currently in storage

About this object

A black Belgian Chantilly needle lace necktie. At each end is a spray of lilac blossoms. Running along the length is a motif of leaves alternating with a medallion worked on mesh. On each edge of the length is a design of buds and open blossoms alternating. There are picots on the outermost edges of the length.

Made from:

Silk

Made in:

Belgium

Date made:

ca. 1880

Size:

7.6 × 109.2 cm (3 × 43 in.)

Detailed information for this item

Catalog number:

45.366

Class:

Lace

Signature marks:

Credit line:

Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973