a Bertha collar
A "bertha" collar is a wide round collar usually made of lace and popular in the Victorian era.
It means she was wearing a lace collar that was white, and her face was as white as the collar. Not literally, but it is being compared to it.
Bertha
A 'Bertha' is a lace collar that covers the shoulders of a traditional dress.
Gaugain has written: 'Mrs. Gaugain's first collar book' -- subject(s): Patterns, Crocheting, Lace and lace making
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It depends on the shape and usage. Place mats are the smallest lace table mats, table runners would be the name for lace table mats that are longer than they are wide, and a lace table mat that is used over top of a cloth table cloth would be called a table topper. Doilly.
I think it was a floor-length layered dress with a lace collar and a bonnet.
It is called Filet lace
The end of the shoe lace is called an aglet
The hip bone is called the pelvis and the collar bone is called the clavicle.
Aglet,