Antique Victorian Black Lace Collar - Bobbin Lace navy blue There are 12 bundles with

There are 12 bundles with a cream coloured band

This trench was well stored and looks like it saw little use

Material: There is no content label

possibly Birks

(information regarding label courtesy of the Fashion History Museum

Antique Victorian Black Lace Collar - Bobbin Lace navy blue There are 12 bundles withThis is an antique collar that is hand made of black lace, most likely worn during the Victorian era. Could have been worn when in mourning but not necessarily as black was fashionable at the time. I am not a lace expert, but I believe that the lace is a bobbin lace, perhaps Belgian. It is quite intricate and incorporates floral motifs in the pattern. It measures 9 in height at the center point, 25 across at its widest while laid out flat, 17 1 2 in