Maltese Lace Jabot

Edwardian

Circa 1910 | Unknown

An antique lace jabot made of beautiful Maltese lace with motifs including hearts and the Maltese cross. The jabot fastens at the neck with a dainty black velvet bow. Jabots were fashionable accessories for women in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries (see The Gen). 

DIMENSIONS: Width 38 cm x Depth at centre front 25.5 cm.

CONDITION: In very good original condition. There is some wear to the delicate netting which is to be expected.

REFERENCES: For a beautiful example of a Maltese lace collar see NGV collection, Accession Number D114-1969 and for jabots of the era see the David Jones Sale catalogue from February 1914.

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THE GEN

“The term was first used in the seventeenth century to describe the neck-opening of the chemise and the lace trimmings which decorated it. Later the jabot described an actual item of dress, a falling ruffle of lace which fastened round the neck and concealed the opening of the shirt front. It was retained for formal dress until the early nineteenth century, after which it was abandoned, except in specialized costume such as Scottish highland dress. It did, however, reappear as a feature of women’s dress in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.” (A History of Fashion, J. Anderson Black; Madge Garland, William Morrow & Company Inc, 1975, p. 231)

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