18th Century Cravats

• Met 2009.300.3413, a linen needle lace cravat end, France, fourth quarter of the 17th century
• V&A T.158-1992, muslin, with needle lace ends, Italy, 1690s
• V&A 796-1890, a needle lace cravat end, France, c. 1700
• Met 2009.300.3467, a bobbin lace cravat end, Flanders, early 18th century
• PMC 1990-1-2, a cravat end in Brussels bobbin lace with “many allusions to Louis XIV and his military victories,” c. 1700-1715
• MAK T 3708/1884, linen bobbin lace, Brussels, first quarter of the 18th century
• V&A 154-1893, a bobbin lace cravat end, Brussels, 1720s
• Met 2009.300.3500, a lace cravat end, Flanders, 1720-1740
• Unfashionable at mid-century; “The stock with buckle made of plate / has put the cravat out of date,” writes Laurence Whyte in 1742
• LACMA M.63.15.3, linen lace, France, c. 1795