Cluny bobbin lace dress collar

NameDress collar

Artist Artist Not Recorded

Date1890-1920

Place madeNew York, New York, United States, North America

Mediumcotton?

Dimensions12 × 12 in. (30.4801 × 30.4801 cm)

Credit LineMuseum of International Folk Art, gift of Helen West Pynn, A.2016.54.

Object numberA.2016.54.3

DescriptionMade and worn by the donor's grandmother Elizabeth West, sometime during the 1890s-1920s. Both pieces would have been created using a bobbin pillow and pins to help create the characteristic Cluny-style leaf shaped tallies (sometimes called wheatears). The lace is formed from tallies and woven areas/tapes connected by a bar ground.