American Boys' Pin-on Lace Collars--Circles and Swirls


Figure 1.--These choldren where two different styles of lace collars. The baby has a collar made of cuirlcles sewn together. These children were from Rochester, New York. The portrait was taken in 1884. I think the round object at the bottom is the boy's tam.

We see lace collars dome in a rance of designs. These include both circles and swirls. There were a great range of actual design and fifferent size circle and swirl motifs as well as the size of the collar itself. We also notice substantial differences in the openess of the design. Some collars were done so you can see quite a bit of the suit underneath. Others had more of a closed or solid look to them. Some look to be lace circiles sewn together. This could be done in different shapes. We see some sewn to gether with a collar tip look, but this was difficult whn large cirles were used. . Others were rounded collars, completely covering the front and back of the collar area.







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