Lace Collar Types: Drape-around Styles

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Figure 1.--Here we see George and Margaret Danforth who had their portraits taken in Gardiner, Maine, probably in the 1880s. George wears a drape-around lace collar. Rgis was especially popular for younger children.

The second type of lace collar was the drape-around style. The collars were so large that they did not need to be pinned on. They were normally quite large, covering all or most of the shoulders. This type was most common for infants and younger children. A good example here is an American boy, Ralph Howard, about 1886. Some of the most elaborate lace we have noted are these drape-around styles. Many are so large that they go beyond the concept of a collar, bur for organizational purposes, this seems the best place to archive them.






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Created: 7:24 PM 6/26/2006
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