1988.0078.012
Overall L. 127.8 W. upper sheet 44.0 middle 26.3 to 28.4 lower 28.2 to 30.4
Design, Limerick lace. Black ink on three conjoined sheets of yellow paper. Type of piece unclear, upper part half-collar like but with long arm off it, possibly to fit over a sleeve or to run down front of a dress as a decorative border. Border of alternating cornucopia and group of three narrow waves; foliage rising from the cornucopia, on the arm every fourth one the runs almost to opposite border, giving a zig-zag effect down it; the triangles created by zig-zag infilled with small stems with large flat headed flowers with short rounded petals and butterfly like flowers; on the collar the four cornucopia on the inner edge have radial trails of foliage stopping short of the outer border, between each trail the infill is similar to that on the arm. Inscription at bottom left "Lacie". Paper yellow on one side only, one larger sheet for collar area and two smaller sheets for arm. Repeat of part of the collar design on the reverse of large sheet. Larger sheet badly torn several times at top, one tear at bottom running into design.