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Collectables => Textiles => Topic started by: Tigerchips on January 03, 2012, 03:44:02 PM

Title: Antique? Lace collar
Post by: Tigerchips on January 03, 2012, 03:44:02 PM

It's at least 7 years old since i bought it 7 years ago, lol. It's more yellow in colour than it shows in the photo, it has a little bit of damage here and there.

Title: Re: Antique? Lace collar
Post by: Anne on January 03, 2012, 10:03:27 PM

These used to be very popular as you could pop them onto different dresses to ring the changes. Victorian possibly TC? There's a Lace Museum in Honiton that might be able to help... http://www.honitonmuseum.co.uk/

Title: Re: Antique? Lace collar
Post by: Tigerchips on January 03, 2012, 11:56:55 PM

Thanks, I've sent them a message.

Title: Re: Antique? Lace collar
Post by: Tigerchips on January 04, 2012, 03:54:50 PM

I got a nice reply back from Margaret saying that it's a Bertha collar which was fashionable in the Victorian era
and revived again in the 1940s.  :)

She needs a close up photo of the item to find out a bit more, unfortunately, it's in one my boxes somewhere so will probably take some time to locate.  :blush:

Title: Re: Antique? Lace collar
Post by: Anne on January 04, 2012, 09:49:29 PM

How lovely to get such a fast reply, TC. It'd be good to know more about it. I have some of these somewhere as well - I shall have to go rummage in my boxes! ;D

Title: Re: Antique? Lace collar
Post by: antiquerose123 on February 08, 2012, 07:50:25 PM

I have one from the 60's ( i guess) as I wore it with dresses..