Point lace lappet

A pair of lappets would be worn on the head attached to a cap and would hang down the back of the neck as ‘streamers’. this lace was made for the 1851 Great Exhibition.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
29/2006/132
Collection Class
Textiles and equipment
Collector Excavator
Treadwin, Mrs Charlotte (from the collection of)
Material
cotton
Common Name
point lace lappet
Simple Name
lappet
Production Town
Exeter
Production County
Devon
Production Country
United Kingdom: England
Production Date
1851
Production Person Initials
Charlotte
Production Person Surname
Treadwin

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Honiton (East Devon) point lace lappet