Antique Victorian Black Lace Collar - Bobbin Lace size 8 beautiful beading in a classy

beautiful beading in a classy look

Hips:  47”

Age: 1940s / 1950s

The upper crown and upper brim are decorated with black stitching

Sizing: 26 1/2” by 27”

Antique Victorian Black Lace Collar - Bobbin Lace size 8 beautiful beading in a classyThis is an antique collar that is hand made of black lace, most likely worn during the Victorian era. Could have been worn when in mourning but not necessarily as black was fashionable at the time. I am not a lace expert, but I believe that the lace is a bobbin lace, perhaps Belgian. It is quite intricate and incorporates floral motifs in the pattern. It measures 9 in height at the center point, 25 across at its widest while laid out flat, 17 1 2 in