Collar
Category
Costume
Date
1780 - 1797
Materials
Textile
Collection
Killerton, Devon
NT 1362788
Summary
Collar - buffon / fichu menteur / handkerchief - Square muslin buffon, the edges embroidered in tambour in small sprigs, spots and leaf sprays, the embroidery worked that when the buffon is folded triangulary it is all uppermost as in the manner of later turnover shawls. Approx 39 in square. This could have been startched in wear; buffons often were p.27 Mackrell's costume accessories series - shawls. Note; Signs of pinning at centre back corner. 1780 - 1797 (circa)