collar
Summary
Linen collar with cut work embroidery, cut from rectangle of material. Deep rectangular opening for neck and slight shaping at front edge. Scalloped edge with border of two lines of cut work as in coif and forehead cloth on outside, one on inside edge, but with different filling for centre of stars and small squares; edged with plaited braid as in forehead cloth. See Coif and Forehead Cloth M7740/2 (2003.77/2) & Sleeves M7742/2 (2003.79/2)
Object Name
collar
Date Created
1600-1630
Dimensions
Collar: 52.1cm
accession number
2003.78
Collection Group
Place of creation
United Kingdom
Medium
Credit
Accepted by HM Government in lieu of inheritance tax and allocated to Manchester Art Gallery, 2002.
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