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Lace Collection (page 4)

"Lace: A Timeless Elegance Captured in Art" The Armada portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Lisieux

Costume of Lisieux
5855675 Costume of Lisieux; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Lisieux, a town in Calvados. She wears a bonnet with a small base and surprisingly large "papillon" (butterfly) top

Background imageLace Collection: Wild carrot, Daucus carota

Wild carrot, Daucus carota
5855056 Wild carrot, Daucus carota; (add.info.: Wild carrot, Daucus carota. Handcoloured botanical illustration drawn and engraved on steel by William Clark from John Stephenson)

Background imageLace Collection: Sketch portrait of Louis Charles, Louis XVII, at the Temple, 1885 (lithograph)

Sketch portrait of Louis Charles, Louis XVII, at the Temple, 1885 (lithograph)
5893625 Sketch portrait of Louis Charles, Louis XVII, at the Temple, 1885 (lithograph); (add.info.: Sketch portrait of Louis Charles, Louis XVII, imprisoned at the Temple)

Background imageLace Collection: Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford), 1825 (oil on panel)

Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford), 1825 (oil on panel)
5861112 Mrs. William Bonham (Ann Warford), 1825 (oil on panel) by Bonnell, William (1804-65); The Art Institute of Chicago, IL, USA; (add.info.: By William Bonnell)

Background imageLace Collection: Frontispiece

Frontispiece
5855763 Frontispiece; (add.info.: Frontispiece: g105 Costumes of the departments of the lower Seine: Calvados, la Manche and lfOrne.h The artist has assembled all the different headdresses of)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Granville

Costume of Granville
5855759 Costume of Granville; (add.info.: Costume of Granville. This cape is called a capot: it is made of wool from Saint-Cyr)

Background imageLace Collection: Woman of Fecamp

Woman of Fecamp
5855754 Woman of Fecamp; (add.info.: Woman of Fecamp. Like the serre-tete of le Havre, this one too is decorated only to the temples. She wears a cape with hood, and stands in the port)

Background imageLace Collection: Servant of Fecamp

Servant of Fecamp
5855753 Servant of Fecamp; (add.info.: Servant of Fecamp. If the bonnet is simple, the cape with hood is very ornate with double collar and pleated decorated edges)

Background imageLace Collection: Servant from the Bayeux area

Servant from the Bayeux area
5855748 Servant from the Bayeux area; (add.info.: Servant from the Bayeux area. The wearer must have beautiful features to look pretty with this headdress)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Isigny

Costume of Isigny
5855747 Costume of Isigny; (add.info.: Costume of Isigny. Her bonnet is even larger than that of Bayeux, with wings that are lifted and folded to join in the middle before falling to the side)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Avranches

Costume of Avranches
5855742 Costume of Avranches; (add.info.: Costume of Avranches. Rear view of the bonnet in Plate 84, showing the small hairpiece chignon. Mont Saint Michel can be seen in the background)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Avranches

Costume of Avranches
5855741 Costume of Avranches; (add.info.: Costume of Avranches. She wears a bonnet with a larger top than we have seen previously)

Background imageLace Collection: Milkmaid of Cherbourg

Milkmaid of Cherbourg
5855739 Milkmaid of Cherbourg; (add.info.: Milkmaid of Cherbourg. In Normandy, the women usually carry goods on their shoulders, not on their heads or in their arms)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Carentan

Costume of Carentan
5855736 Costume of Carentan; (add.info.: Costume of a servant of Carentan. The only remarkable thing about her clothes is the square ends of the papillon (butterfly) wings of her bonnet

Background imageLace Collection: Woman of Coutances

Woman of Coutances
5855735 Woman of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman of Coutances, in casual home or night dress. The headdress is similar to the serre-tete worn in Paris, but with a different top)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Saint-Lo

Costume of Saint-Lo
5855731 Costume of Saint-Lo.; (add.info.: Costume of Saint-Lo. The hat is called a "bonnet rond." The background shows a view of one of the terraces next to the Champ-de-Mars)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855726 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. While the bonnet is not so special, the shoes are very elegant)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe

Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe
5855725 Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of Crosville, near Dieppe. The folds in the bonnet are accidental, it is too large for her head)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of the area of Dieppe

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855723 Costume of the area of Dieppe.; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. Side view of a bonnet with its papillon (butterfly) wings folded toward the front, giving it a very different air

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of the area of Dieppe

Costume of the area of Dieppe
5855722 Costume of the area of Dieppe; (add.info.: Costume of the area of Dieppe. The wings of the papillon (butterfly) on this bonnet are folded toward the front

Background imageLace Collection: Young woman of St. Aubin

Young woman of St. Aubin
5855720 Young woman of St. Aubin; (add.info.: Young woman of St. Aubin, a servant at Dieppe. Common women often wear a simple bonnet all day)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea

Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea
5855711 Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea.; (add.info.: Costume of the Bayeux area, near the sea. Again the falling tails from the bonnet and the false sleeves in a contrasting colour)

Background imageLace Collection: Young woman of Bayeux

Young woman of Bayeux
5855707 Young woman of Bayeux; (add.info.: Young woman of Bayeux. A novel method of making a tie to fix the bonnet. The background show the entrance to the promenade in Bayeux)

Background imageLace Collection: Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen

Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen
5855705 Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen; (add.info.: Farmer of Harcourt, near Caen. Here is the mitre in profile. The women of Normandy are very fond of coarse red and blue colours)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of the area of Caen

Costume of the area of Caen
5855703 Costume of the area of Caen; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the area of Caen. In the background are sailing ships docked at the quay)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Bolbec

Costume of Bolbec
5855696 Costume of Bolbec; (add.info.: Woman in costume of Bolbec, reading a book while resting against a chair. This bavolet bonnet is the most beautiful we have seen)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre

Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre
5855693 Costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Rolleville, drawn at le Havre. She wears an elaborate tall bavolet hat of folded lace)

Background imageLace Collection: Young person of le Havre

Young person of le Havre
5855691 Young person of le Havre.; (add.info.: Young woman of the port of le Havre. She wears a bonnet that rises to a point, decorated with lace only to the ears. A silk ribbon is wrapped around it)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of the Dieppe area

Costume of the Dieppe area
5855687 Costume of the Dieppe area; (add.info.: Woman in costume of the Dieppe area. Rear view of the tall bavolet bonnet with two long lace tails reaching to the shoulder)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of the Coutances area

Costume of the Coutances area
5855685 Costume of the Coutances area; (add.info.: A young woman from the Coutances area who could not help but sacrifice most of her hair)

Background imageLace Collection: Costume of Coutances

Costume of Coutances
5855683 Costume of Coutances; (add.info.: Woman in the costume of Coutances. Here is a really large bavolet bonnet, with the most luxurious decoration)

Background imageLace Collection: Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen

Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen
5855679 Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen.; (add.info.: Laundry woman of fine linen at Rouen. It's not the tall bavolet bonnet that is remarkable here so much as the hair chignon held up in)

Background imageLace Collection: Fashion feminine francaise, 1932: lace clothing. In 'Le petit echo de la mode', 1932

Fashion feminine francaise, 1932: lace clothing. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932
LET4394710 Fashion feminine francaise, 1932: lace clothing. In "Le petit echo de la mode", 1932. by French School, (20th century); (add.info.: Fashion feminine francaise)

Background imageLace Collection: Mrs. Hazlewood (engraving)

Mrs. Hazlewood (engraving)
937977 Mrs. Hazlewood (engraving); Private Collection

Background imageLace Collection: Not Quite Attentive (engraving)

Not Quite Attentive (engraving)
8635864 Not Quite Attentive (engraving) by Woolnoth, Thomas A. (1785-1857); Private Collection; (add.info.: Not Quite Attentive)

Background imageLace Collection: The cottage door (engraving)

The cottage door (engraving)
8635196 The cottage door (engraving) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: The cottage door; old woman making lace with a mother and child)

Background imageLace Collection: 8626932

8626932

Background imageLace Collection: Spinner nuns, 18th century (oil on canvas)

Spinner nuns, 18th century (oil on canvas)
8678365 Spinner nuns, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Magnasco, Alessandro (1667-1749); 45x30 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Painting by Alessandro Magnasco); Luisa Ricciarini

Background imageLace Collection: Women's costume of Vannes, Morbihan (colour litho)

Women's costume of Vannes, Morbihan (colour litho)
8677297 Women's costume of Vannes, Morbihan (colour litho) by French School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's costume of Vannes, Morbihan, Brittany, France)

Background imageLace Collection: Women's headdress from the time of Louis XIV (litho)

Women's headdress from the time of Louis XIV (litho)
8677413 Women's headdress from the time of Louis XIV (litho) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women's headdress from the time of Louis XIV)

Background imageLace Collection: Second floor of Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852

Second floor of Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852. Colour engraving of the 19th century
NWI4826150 Second floor of Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston, USA, 1852. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Second floor of Lace and Bonnet Store, Hanover Street, Boston)

Background imageLace Collection: American daily life: young and beautiful elegante woman climbing a staircase decorated with

American daily life: young and beautiful elegante woman climbing a staircase decorated with geranium, circa 1880
NWI4882292 American daily life: young and beautiful elegante woman climbing a staircase decorated with geranium, circa 1880. Colour engraving, based on an illustration by E. F

Background imageLace Collection: Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the banks of the Nile, at the stopover of the boat

Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the banks of the Nile, at the stopover of the boat
LUX4779110 Egypt: Cook cruise, village on the banks of the Nile, at the stopover of the boat, shops of merchants offering tourists souvenirs, fabrics, sails, lace and flowers

Background imageLace Collection: Woman in dress a la turkish in white linen and English lace, white petticoat with lace falbalas

Woman in dress a la turkish in white linen and English lace, white petticoat with lace falbalas, fichu, blue gilet
FLO4671876 Woman in dress a la turkish in white linen and English lace, white petticoat with lace falbalas, fichu, blue gilet, and gold medallion with initials CD

Background imageLace Collection: William III of Orange Nassau (1650-1702), King of England, in 1694, behind him Robert Bruce

William III of Orange Nassau (1650-1702), King of England, in 1694, behind him Robert Bruce, Earl of Aylesbury
FLO4672344 William III of Orange Nassau (1650-1702), King of England, in 1694, behind him Robert Bruce, Earl of Aylesbury, after William Faithorne (1626-1691)

Background imageLace Collection: Barbara Palmer (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II (1630-1685)

Barbara Palmer (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II (1630-1685)
FLO4672337 Barbara Palmer (1640-1709), Duchess of Cleveland, mistress of Charles II (1630-1685), in a blue dress with lace and a red cape. By Peter Lely (1618-1680)

Background imageLace Collection: William Villiers (1614-1643), Viscount Grandion, wearing a shirt with a wide lace collar under a

William Villiers (1614-1643), Viscount Grandion, wearing a shirt with a wide lace collar under a blue jacket
FLO4672284 William Villiers (1614-1643), Viscount Grandion, wearing a shirt with a wide lace collar under a blue jacket, with trousers of the boots, a feather hat and a cape

Background imageLace Collection: Frances Howard (1578-1639), Duchess of Richmond. From an engraving of the period

Frances Howard (1578-1639), Duchess of Richmond. From an engraving of the period
FLO4672282 Frances Howard (1578-1639), Duchess of Richmond. From an engraving of the period. Lithograph by Charles Martin, engraving by Leopold Martin




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"Lace: A Timeless Elegance Captured in Art" The Armada portrait of Queen Elizabeth I, c. 1590 (oil on panel): In this iconic painting, Queen Elizabeth I exudes power and grace as she dons a delicate lace collar, symbolizing her regal status. Marie Antoinette Meytens: This enchanting portrait showcases the extravagant fashion of the French queen, with intricate lace adorning her gown and adding a touch of femininity to her royal persona. Queen Elizabeth, The Ermine Portrait, 1585 (1896). Artist: Nicholas Hilliard: Here we see another stunning portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I wearing an exquisite lace ruff that accentuates her majestic presence. Larkin - Lady Dorothy Cary J920335: Lady Dorothy Cary's portrait captures the essence of refinement with a beautiful lace veil delicately draped over her head, emphasizing both elegance and modesty. Larkin - Richard Sackville J920333: Lace takes center stage in this painting as it embellishes Richard Sackville's attire, reflecting his noble lineage and impeccable taste during the Renaissance era. Hals - Pieter van den Broecke J870218: Pieter van den Broecke is portrayed wearing an intricately patterned lace collar that epitomizes the opulence associated with Dutch Golden Age fashion. Portrait of Madame Rimsky-Korsakov nee Varvara Dmitrievna Mergassov, 1864: This captivating portrait showcases Madame Rimsky-Korsakov adorned in a lavish black lace dress that exudes sophistication and allure. Tamsin Blight, the White Witch of Helston by William Jones Chapman (1808-1872): Tamsin Blight captivates viewers with her ethereal beauty enhanced by a delicate white lace shawl draped gracefully around her shoulders. The Lennox-Boyd family, around 1912.