Anoniem (1635)

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Although the needle lace border was probably from Italy, the collar was made in the Northern Netherlands. The anonymous lacemaker employed the so-called reticella method to produce geometrical patterns. This type of men's collar came into fashion in the second quarter of the seventeenth century. It was attached at the front under the chin with a cord which terminated in tassels known as acorns. They owed their name, 'akertjes' in Dutch, to their resemblance to these nuts. www.rijksmuseum.nl/