This lace collar could be attached to and detached from clothing as needed in order to embellish an outfit and for ease of cleaning as a collar would soil more quickly than the rest of an outfit. Its original owner is unknown, but it was purchased in the late 1990s by the donor who later moved to Emerald but, at the time, had a 2nd hand decoration shop in Camberwell when she purchased this as part of a group of garments which included bloomers, lace collars and cuffs, camisoles etc - all of which have been donated to the Museum. The donor was informed at the time of purchase that the garments were over 100 years old.

This lovely handmade collar enabled more personalisation and variety of outfits as well as facilitating more efficient cleaning of clothes.

Cream-colored lace collar with infilled needle stitching with a tape tie. Hand-made.

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These matching cuffs could be attached to and detached from sleeves as needed in order to embellish an outfit and for ease of cleaning as cuffs would soil more quickly than the rest of an outfit. Their original owner is unknown, but it was purchased in the late 1990s by the donor who later moved to Emerald but, at the time, had a 2nd hand decoration shop in Camberwell when she purchased this as part of a group of garments which included bloomers, lace collars and cuffs, camisoles etc - all of which have been donated to the Museum. The donor was informed at the time of purchase that the garments were over 100 years old.

These lovely handmade cuffs enabled more personalisation and variety of outfits as well as facilitating more efficient cleaning of clothes.

A pair of cream-colored lace cuffs made of silk tapes with infilled needle stitching. Hand-made.

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