A short report on an exhibition of royal laces and costume accessories held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in December and January, following the Cartier show. It describes laces tied to Marie Leczinska, Marie Antoinette, Marie Theresa, Josephine, Marie Louise, William of Orange, Peter the Great and several ecclesiastical pieces. The text names the private collectors who lent items. A full-page photograph shows a Brussels 'Angleterre' flounce with the crowned Austrian eagle.