Lace in The Met Collection | Insider Insights

Join a Met specialist to learn about the history and making of lace and examine highlights from the collection. In 1879, lace became the first textile the Museum acquired, and today the collection of lace includes over five thousand pieces. Please note: This event is prerecorded.
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Making The Met, 1870-2020.
Insider Insights and captioning are made possible by the Ruth Lapham Lloyd Trust.
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[@Decodethefallenmoon]

This has got to be one of the most engaging and interesting history lessons I’ve ever watched!

[@metmuseum]

Wow! Thank you, Charlie : ).

[@whiskey_pink_42]

It was so nice to hear Elena speak long form about the history of this beautiful textile.

[@metmuseum]

Yes! Elena is amazing. Thank you for watching!

[@InuandKagomeForever]

My favourite type of history content is always textiles and fashion, so needless to say I adored that presentation!

[@metmuseum]

Thank you!!

[@bunnozi9948]

i'm here from elena's tiktok :^) this is a great presentation, the laces are all so beautiful

[@fly_you_fools]

What is her tiktok name?

[@metmuseum]

Thanks!

[@mariejordan7312]

Beautifully presented. I visited the Metropolitan Museum three years ago and was blown away !! It was very exciting ,educational and heartwarming !! I'm ready to visit there again💕

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We hope that you can visit soon 💕!

[@carolynrosser1574]

Absolutely awesome, I have done some needlelace and it is really time consuming. These pieces were amazing, thank you.

[@Elizabeth-ns9hz]

It was a wonderful presentation and made me want to learn much more. My aunt did this fine work; we are Italian. I will be sharing this with my family.

[@metmuseum]

Thank you for watching and sharing you r story, Elizabeth!

[@Elizabeth-ns9hz]

@@metmuseum The family is from a small town in Calabria called San Vito sullo Ionio. There was crochet, of course, but also real lace-making. I will make sure not to miss the examples when I come back to the exhibit!

[@weRarmy_weRBL]

Love these little introductions to different sections of the museum. Not sure if I will be ever able to visit so I truly appreciate to be able to have a little look at its collections. Thanks!

[@metanoialabs7037]

It’s on our bucket list to go, and this is one of our must see parts of the museum.

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Thank you for watching!

[@kevybost]

That was great - been looking forward to this since it was announced and was not disappointed

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Thank you, Kevin!

[@cancherodelplata]

Saw her live in London at the Dress Historians conference in 2019 and she was superb. Love her lace passion and how she puts all that into the MET.

[@jillianlea9690]

Lovely , thank you

[@ellenoster6996]

Elena,
how wonderful you are and this presentation was incredibly informative. So happy for you!

[@SvanteHT]

This was such an excellent presentation, thank you for sharing your amazing knowledge Elena! I have tons of students I'm going to send this to. Such a luxury to have access to this high quality presentations online!

[@lephilistin]

Wow this is going to be great

[@metmuseum]

Thanks, and we hope that you enjoyed.

[@jaynesimmons2403]

That was a great presentation!!

[@rebeccaodessa585]

Wonderful presentation. Thank you.

[@jillianlea9690]

Lovely , thank you for sharing

[@deborahmelo7993]

Wow!! That was amazing! 😍

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Thank you, Deborah!

[@joannevitello6412]

Nice

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Thanks for watching, Joanne!

[@perumadelsi2690]

Delsiy bobbin lace and ware