Handkerchief

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This example of duchesse lace shows how it can be fashioned to conform to the shape of the object for which it is made, in this case a handkerchief with four corners.

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