Scarf

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The variations in the orientation of the motifs in this refined design give it a sense of vitality. The lace was probably originally created as robings on the front of an 18th century dress and later reconfigured into a scarf.

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