Apr 152011
Textiles & Laces at the V&A
Rococo
Cut velvets
Stitches sampler, 1910
Embroideries and laces
13th century
14th or 15th century
16th century
17th century
Frelange with Lappets, Italian, Venetian, late 17th century
Needle lace
Frelange or frelan was the contemporary name given to the high, stiffened headdress worn by fashionable women in the 1680s and 1690s. A wire framework was usually used to support the lace raised in pleats above the forehead, while the lappets hung to the sides or at the back. The Photograph shows a French fashion plate of 1694 when the style was reaching its highest point.
18th century
A lace fan.
19th century
This is actually a Victorian parasol cover:
