Cravat End

Art Institute of Chicago

Cravat End

Flanders, Brussels

Date
1730-50
Medium
Linen, needle lace
Culture
Flanders
Department
Textiles
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Formal occasions required lace accessories for men as well as for women. These cravat ends would have been attached to a long rectangle of plain linen that was tied around the neck and knotted in the front to display the decorative lace ends. Only these ends have survived.

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