Bertha

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The bertha-style collar was very fashionable at the end of the 19th century, in scale with wide leg-o-mutton sleeves. The pattern of this lace is particularly effective in the execution of trailing vines in the inner section of the pattern and in the variety and detail in the rendering of the flowers

The Costume Institute

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Costume Institute's collection of more than thirty-three thousand objects represents seven centuries of fashionable dress and accessories for men, women, and children, from the fifteenth century to the present.

Metropolitan Museum of Art