LACE, BOBBIN, LAPPET
An exquisite hand bobbin lace lappet incorporating a variety of lace reseaux made by Owyn Scott, international lace maker, tutor, curator of The Lace Place in Hyden, Western Australia.
The lappet, “The Copenhagen Lappet”, won first prize at the Claremont Royal Show
Lappets, a fashionable decorative accessory, were a required element of female court dress from early 18th to early 20th C, part of a lady’s headdress known as ‘lace heads’. This consisted of a curved panel, the ‘cap crown’ or ‘cap back’, to which were attached two long streamers called lappets which fell down the back or over the shoulders fluttering with the slightest movement. They were worn in a variety of styles. Their positions and length, were associated with 18th-century notions of status. Queen Victoria’s lappets were very long, whilst her household staff had very short.
