Cravats
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An article from The Connoisseur on the history of the lace cravat in the later seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. It covers the origin of the fashion in France and its spread to England, the Steinkerque style, the costs of royal cravats, and the use of Venetian point, point de France, Mechlin and point tresse. It describes surviving examples, including cravat ends in bobbin and needle lace. Illustrated with portraits and photographs of Venetian point, bobbin lace and modern Irish needle-point cravats.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1904
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 7
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