http://tinyurl.com/ks3km5o Antique LARGE HM Needle Lace Cotton Collar-Very Fine Work
Size: 66″ circumference, 5″ deep
Starting Price: $29.99
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2014 09:25:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller ogop, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A bertha of an indeterminate bobbinlace guipure. Perhaps French or Spanish. It does have a gimp, but few hints as to the exact place of manufacture. Bold designs, interesting piece.
Provenance: From a local lace collection
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites 1 broken bride.
Soilage: Looks clean, can’t tell the exact color.
Finish: No creases or wrinkles. Heavy soft thread lays well.
Sold for $36.50, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/p8xy3nu ANTIQUE LACE- BRUSSELS LACE SHAWL COLLAR W/POINT DE GAZE
Size: not given.
Starting Price: $195.00
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2014 10:09:03 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A shawl collar with front lappets of Brussels Duchesse. Raised petal roses in the Point de Gaze inserts. Some needlelace decorative ‘mode’ fillings in bobbinlace flower centers. No raised work in the Duchesse. The piece is nicely layered in three pieces to fall well on the figure.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites some light age stains.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for $195.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/owyynoh ANTIQUE LACE- BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE W/WREATH DESIGN
Size: ~6″ x 97″
Starting Price: $195.00
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2014 10:09:03 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A reasonably wide border of Point de Gaze. No raised work, and just a few simple decorative ‘mode’ fillings. This is one of those pieces that rely on a dense design with a short repeat – meant to be ruffled. Two different sizes of round ‘esprits’ in the ground. I think I can see some different hands in the ground stitch sections – interesting.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut. Looks like there’s an engrelure added.
Damage: Some scattered openings in the mesh and small repairs.
Soilage: Seller cites some age stains.
Finish: A little light wrinkling – a bit worn.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/nvmbhjf 3 long & very deep flounces of needlerun lace. Antique early Victorian c1840’s
Size: 12.5″ x (104″, 99″, 72″)
Starting Price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2014 10:09:03 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller poppy1109, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
Comments: Three sections of a needlerun lace on machine net. Interesting floral design that fills the space well with large buds used as esprits. Hard to guess at a date. Might be Lierre.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut into three pieces.
Damage: A few pinholes in the tulle.
Soilage: A few dark stains.
Finish: Some light creasing.
Sold for 108.00 GBP, 4 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/nsg4b62 An Exquisite Brussels Lace Flounce circa 1860
Size: 18 cm x 210 cm
Starting Price: 68.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2014 11:35:13 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of what I’ll call Bruges Bloemwerk, although it does have a bit of a Sluis Duchesse feel. Large motifs, some raised work in the bobbinlace, and some interesting square woven fillings. Good example of the type.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Lays well in the photos, obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for 70.00 GBP, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/pkqlyq3 18th Century Point d’Argentan lace as worn at Court c1760-70s Georgian cap pts?
Size: 66″ circumference, 5″ deep
Starting Price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2014 11:22:00 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller poppy1109, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
Comments: In this day and age it is virtually impossible to tell the works of Alençon and Argentan apart in the mid 18th century. We do know that Argentan was the much smaller industry. Therefore we now tend to assign one particularly elaborate style to Argentan, which involves heavily buttonholed brides (the brides bouclée, which was made in three separate steps.) Réseau fin is used along the edges. Legend also has it that Argentan never used horsehair to make their picots. I’d say these pieces to have that kind of style, but again, it is a modern convention with little historical fact behind the name. As far as what these are form, it does look like someone was trying to make up a ‘head’; lappets with a surrounding frill for a cap back – all made up from an original border. I don’t much like the continuity between the lower parts and the upper cut-out parts either. The separate border does appear to match the other pieces. It’s all a little strange.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Not exactly sure the original purpose, but part has been cut down. Engrelure added.
Damage: Some repairs.
Soilage: Seller cites a ‘natural linen color’, with gentle darkening.
Finish: No creases
Sold for 181.00 GBP, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/oruhlgj ANTIQUE LACE-LOVELY EARLY POINT DE FRANCE LACE
Size: 4.25″ x 75″
Starting Price: $395.00
Auction ends: Sep 14, 2014 16:17:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A border of Point de France needlelace. Note the symmetric rather ‘candelabra’ design and the hexagonal picoted mesh. Very fine raised cordonnets, and the lower border is carefully done. All the signs point toward an earlier piece (late 17th c France), however you have to be very careful of this kind of lace. Copies were made in Italy and Ireland in later years – but this one does have an early feel. Condition is almost a little too good.
Provenance: Museum deaccession
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if it they are cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for $395.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/mkatgm3 nicely worked antique Maltese silk lace collar.fair condition
Size: ~6.5″ deep
Starting Price: 12.50 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2014 02:48:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller reddolly123, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Comments: A standard deep collar of Maltese cream silk. Rather large woven leaves, which alternate with Maltese crosses around the outer edge, and with heart-shaped guipure in the middle section. The neckline is a narrow third section.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some seam separations.
Soilage: Soiled along the neckline. Seller cites ‘an odd mark’ here and there.
Finish: Fold crease center back.
Sold for 50.00 GBP, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/m7jarmf VINTAGE TENERIFE (SOL) NEEDLE – LACE
Size: 37 cm x 120 cm
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2014 13:36:58 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller beyondthetower, SOMERSET, United Kingdom
Comments: A ‘Sol’ needle-woven lace rectangle. Might be a shawl, I think this is a little too delicate to be used as a table runner. Given the method of joining the motifs, I think it’s probably Ñanduti. Although there are only two different simple styles of roundels, which is unusual. Might be a later piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some breaks along the edges.
Soilage: Seller cites some marks to the lace, I see one hole near one corner.
Finish: Edges don’t like very flat, but that’s a general condition of this lace.
Sold for 16.00 GBP, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/oytdk5u Vintage Edwardian Collar Crochet Lace Antique Floral Off White Dimensional
Size: 2.2″ deep, 9″ across front face.
Starting Price: $39.99 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 15, 2014 16:59:20 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller barnswallows_collectiblecloth, Rochester, New York, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet dress front. Rose, harp, trefoil and pinwheel motifs, some fairly large, all densely packed together. Tightly worked, with some raised work (I almost wonder if this has been photographed upside down.) Picots look like crocheted loops.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: A little wrinkled.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/lebtq2j ANTIQUE PRETTY APPLIQUE LACE STOLE SCARF LAPPET FLORAL CREAM LONG 92″ x 18″
Size: 18″ x 92″
Starting Price: $39.99 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2014 03:56 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller abfabs05, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular shawl of Muslin applique on machine net. Might be Carrickmacross – the edges of the motifs look overcast on, not tamboured like you find in Belgium. But there isn’t much in the was of Irish iconography in the design and it lacks the looped or heavy straight picots so characteristic of this lace. The pattern is fairly simple with little variation in fillings.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some small holes and pinholes in the tulle.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles. It has this beautifully draping white net that is often associated with England.
Unsold as of 9/17/2014 6:11 AM MST.
http://tinyurl.com/kymw258 Antique/vintage early 19C fine Honiton lace shawl
Size: 23″ x 94″
Starting Price: 120.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2014 10:46:42 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular shawl of Honiton applique on droschel ground – the ground is made in strips which the seller has measured at ~0.75″ wide. I would tentatively agree with the Honiton attribution based on the large woven ‘leadwork’ filling areas in the flowers, and lack of needlelace fillings. Beautiful delicate design of lilly of the valley and roses with a few leaves around the edges. I have several of these shawls, and note the ‘soilage’ comments below. They all seem to have these issues, and I’ve never tried to clean one. I do have documentation on one shawl that cites it was purchased in London in 1830, and I think that’s a reasonable date for this kind of work. It doesn’t really have the ‘directoire’ look of earlier examples.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: One (maybe two) repair to the net. Some loosening of the motifs.
Soilage: Mid to dark cream color. Areas of pale brown age spotting in places.
Finish: A little wrinkled, not bad at all.
Sold for 209.00 GBP, 3 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/qzzdsxj Vtg figural bobbin lace Italian cantu embroidered linen tablecloth doily 66 round
Size: 66″ diameter
Starting Price: $435.00
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2014 10:46:42 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller medpid01, York, South Carolina, United States
Comments: A circular tablecloth of Italian figural Cantú bobbinlace with additional whitework embroidery. The figures are in Grecian robes and might represent a harvest celebration – note the nice raised work in some of them. Typical hook and flowerhead motifs in the bobbinlace. I can’t tell where the embroidery was done.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites some small separations/holes and broken brides.
Soilage: Slightly off-white.
Finish: Diagonal fold creases.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/nwm6oon Stunning Antique Vintage White Irish Crochet Lace Large Collar Dress Front Trim
Size: 17″ down the middle (not sure what that means), 6″ depth
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2014 15:37:39 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller gypsy5961, New Milford, Connecticut, United States
Comments: Tightly worked Irish Crochet collar – probably a dress front. From the various patterning of the brides, I guess this might be a French product, but difficult to tell for certain. The design is a bit haphazard, note the asymmetry along the neckline center front.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites some small separations/holes and broken brides.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: A little wrinkled, doesn’t lay perfectly flat.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/m8u92qp ANTIQUE LACE- EARLY METALLIC LACE EDGING,POSSIBLY RUSSIAN?
Size: ~23″ x 22″ laid flat.
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Sep 16, 2014 16:13:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: It’s not entirely clear, but I think the thread is silver metallic, and there’s a pink thread gimp surrounding all the tapes. Russia is a possibility, but I’d more favor eastern Europe, like the Hungarian or Slovenian areas. The symmetry of the tape design also recall some Italian work. The center cloth is missing. There’s nothing to indicate that it is a particularly early piece, I’d guess later 19th or early 20th c.
Provenance: Museum deaccession.
Condition:
Modifications: No center cloth.
Damage: Seller cites a few small openings.
Soilage: Minor tarnish.
Finish: Vertical fold creases.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/l4ke82l Antique Brussels w point de gaze insert lovely collar / bodice insert
Size: 16″ neckline, 6.75″ center back.
Starting Price: 29.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 17, 2014 06:57:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A dress front of Brussels Duchesse with a single Point de Gaze insert center front. A simple raised petal rose in the insert. Conventional Duchesse motifs, also with raised work.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Point de Gaze mesh has a lot of holes. I see some broken brides.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for 29.99 GBP, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/n439ynr RARE ANTIQUE SCULPTURAL CROCHET LACE 19C
Size: 5.2″ x 52″
Starting Price: 40.00 GRP, 60.00 GBP Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 17, 2014 06:57:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eepa76, london, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Irish Crochet. Tiny dense motifs, tightly worked. There’s not much variation in the motifs, but this is an often-seen variation in IC. Picots look like they are tightly crocheted loops. Borders of IC like this don’t come up too often.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean – actually hard to tell the color from the photos.
Finish: Looks a little shrunken, maybe from a past wash.
Sold for 30.00 GBP, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/n988zbd VERY FINE ANTIQUE HONITON BOBBIN LACE 19C
Size: size upon request.
Starting Price: 30.00 GRP, 80.00 GBP Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2014 01:59:25 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eepa76, london, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Honiton with a scalloped edge. Snails/slugs style with a rather vermicular design. Some areas of leadwork tally fillings. I think the unpicoted brides are plaited, but it’s a bit hard to tell.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see ends to tell if they are cut. Looks like one join.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Hard to tell color from the photos.
Finish: Wrinkled, with some light creasing.
Sold for 30.00 GBP, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/ox74h5y Vintage French Tulle Lace Needlerun Shawl Scarf Bridal Wedding Veil
Size: 15″ x 81″
Starting Price: $136.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2014 10:28:29 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller twist-in-time, Keller, Texas, United States
Comments: A rectangular shawl of needlerun embroidered net. The pattern is a kind of Blonde-de-Caen style, with heavy floral sprays at the ends and a light border along the sides. No esprits in the net. The net is white and supple, looks like an English product.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some small holes and pinholes in the tulle. Might be a repair to the net above one end flower spray.
Soilage: Looks white.
Finish: Lightly wrinkled, might be a fold crease along the length.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/ows8x5p EXQUISITE VICTORIAN HAND MADE POINT DE GAZE DELICATE LACE HANKY
Size: 13″ square
Starting Price: $150.00, $200 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2014 10:28:29 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller bortique, Cambridge, Minnesota, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze handkerchief with dense design. No raised work, but some good decorative ‘mode’ fillings. The design has a kind of vertical architectural feel, and I like the treatment of the edge next to the cloth. Excellent technique. Nice presence to this piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Small holes in the mesh.
Soilage: Looks white.
Finish: Might be some light fold creases in the cloth.
Sold for $152.50, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/m6mscn9 Antique Brussels Duchesse Lace Point de gaze Hand Made Scarf Lappet Ecru 53″x5″
Size: 5″ x 53″
Starting Price: $88.98
Auction ends: Sep 18, 2014 17:47:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller cherubim_gates, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Comments: Scarf of Duchesse de Bruges. I like the delicate transparency of this piece. It’s a little on the Bloemwerk side, with the single gimp, but I think there is some raised work in the ribbon motifs. Beautiful technique and even with the fairly large motifs, the design is quite good.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: “medium ecru color”, one stain.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles. Seller says it’s a little musty.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/lffab5d ANTIQUE CREAM BRUSSELS LACE COLLAR. GOOD CONDITION. FRENCH.
Size: 11″ x 11″ laid flat.
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 19, 2014 13:12:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller collinsclarke, Cardiff, Cardiff, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton Point dress front. This means Honiton bobbinlace with a needle-made ground. Snails/slugs style, note the figural butterfly center front. A few leadwork fillings, and the flowers and leaves around the outer edge are nicely done.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Cream color. Seller cites one faint mark along the bottom.
Finish: No obvious wrinkles or creases.
Sold for 14.50 GBP, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/my3lr4c EXCEPTIONNEL VOLANT de DENTELLE A L’AIGUILLE-ALENCON? POINT DE GAZE?-19/710cm
Size: 19 cm x 7.1m
Starting Price: 1.00 EUR
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2014 12:51:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller poizay37, La Roche Clermault, France
Comments: A moderately wide border of Point de Gaze. No raised work, but that doesn’t matter here. This flat lace is exceptional with beautifully done decorative ‘mode’ fillings which really make the piece. Romantic 2nd Empire design with a rather vertical short repeat.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: One end looks original, the other cut. Some residual threads from an old mount remaining at the top.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos – very unusual.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Some light vertical creases, minor.
Sold for 1,299.89 EUR, 15 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/jwzx9hr POINT DE PARIS BOBBIN LACE BELGIAN. circa 1900. 106 x 10CMS
Size: 4″ x 42″
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2014 15:00:38 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: An interesting Point de Paris border with a kind of morning figural scene. There’s a rising sun with a face, a tree, a cock and pheasant. Interesting piece with a short repeat.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Ends look cut, and there are some residual threads from a previous mounting along edges.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Some vertical fold marks, esp. center.
Sold for $198.00, 3 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/oymqf4u BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE NEEDLE LACE. Circa 1870-1890. 127 X 35 CMS
Size: 14″ x 50″
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2014 15:05:42 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: A wide Point de Gaze border with raised petal roses. Note the shaping on the petals, sign of a better quality piece, if it wasn’t already obvious from the excellent design. Very romantic 2nd Empire style and note the elaborate decorative ‘mode’ fillings. Just wish there were more of it.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: One end cut, the other might be original. Engrelure added.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Generally lays flat, a little wrinkling along upper edge.
Sold for $520.00, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/n93ukod ITALIAN NEEDLE LACE CRAVAT ENDS CIRCA 1670-90 RARE
Size: each 7″ x 15″
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2014 15:10:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: Two cravat ends of a kind of Venetian coraline, more on the flat point side. Assuming they are shown rightside up, they are mirror images of each other, where the top left end matches the bottom right end. These two ends do look a little cut off, and note the looped edging are strongly picoted on these ends, but are a bit plainer on the other ends. So I’m wondering if these are cut from some other piece. Wish I could get this under a microscope.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Adaption?
Damage: Some repairs evident with a smaller more modern thread.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious wrinkles or creases.
$44.00, 2 bidders, reserve not met.
http://tinyurl.com/pusoq4h ITALIAN ROSE POINT NEEDLE LACE BIB-FRONTED COLLAR. CIRCA 1660-1680
Size: 34.5″ long when laid flat. 3.5″ wide at neck, 7″ wide at bib (not quite sure where some of these are measured.)
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2014 15:10:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: Collar in the Colbert style, really quite impressive. Levey calls these ‘bib-fronted Venetian bands’. Date given looks good. Venetian Rose Point. What more can I say? It’s outstanding and rare. If you are bidding write to the seller who will tell you the reserve. Be prepared.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. Almost too good.
Soilage: Looks clean, although seller cites ‘original color’. Not sure what that is exactly.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for $2,860.00, 6 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/nkyzm9t ENGLISH HONITON BOBBIN LACE FAN WITH DUVELLEROY BOX. LATE 19TH CENTURY
Size: 12″ tall, 28.5″ wide. Box is 12.5″x2.5″x1.5″.
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2014 15:15:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton Point fan, butterflies, thistle, roses and other flowers. Breaking out of the snails/slugs style, but not much. Needle-made ground, Mother of Pearl (abalone) and bone sticks. The pattern is roughly left-right symmetric. Box looks in good condition.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: A few brown spots around the center, some associated with the sticks.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Expected fan folds.
Sold for $320.00, 7 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/nksfpvc WAR LACE MATS. BELGIAN POINT DE PARIS (SET OF 12). Circa 1915-18
Size: 10″ diameter for 6 large mats, 5″ for 6 small mats.
Starting Price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Sep 20, 2014 15:20:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller eastayton, London, England, United Kingdom
Comments: ‘War Lace’ iconography in these mats – the Belgian Lion, English Unicorn, French Cockerel, Russian bear. Probably made with funding arranged by the CRB (and such items often have a metal tag with these initials – I don’t see it here), set up in WWI to offer support to the Belgian handmade lace industry. These are standard patterns seen in this period. Nicely made.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for $365.00, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/kycg8hg Pretty antique 19th C. Victorian Tenerife or Nanduti handmade lace shoulder cape
Size: 20 cm deep at back, 104 cm around the ‘top edge’ – not sure what that is.
Starting Price: 42.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 10:45:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller linskapet, Kirkcudbright, Dumfries & Galloway DG6 4UU, United Kingdom
Comments: A deep shawl collar of Ñanduti – you can tell by the palm-leaf motif around the edges. It reminds me a lot of the shawl reviewed above – fairly simple sol motifs. Note here the often triangular joining motifs. The lower edge at the back is a separate piece. And interesting Ñanduti piece – most of these were made after WWII and were made of cotton.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few broken threads.
Soilage: Off-white, seller says it is freshly laundered but gives no details on the process.
Finish: Looks a little limp overall.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/l4p29gd Superb antique vintage French bonnet cap with lace, braid, beads & crystals?
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 11:34:47 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller poppy1109, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
Comments: This bonnet looks to me like it is from the Alençon area. I have one in my collection, without the lappets, the ‘beads and crystals’ and the braid. But with the paper stiffening, and the outer frill layers are just a fine pleated cloth. The lace at the back in both pieces is an embroidered net that was made in the area to imitate real Alençon lace. The pleated lace in this piece looks like Point de Paris, and I have no idea what those black crystal things are. I don’t know what someone had in mind here, but the basic pattern is very similar to mine but the elaborate decoration is unfamiliar. I’d say it’s a later 20th c piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Ribbons are discolored.
Finish: Looks like it lays OK.
Sold for 46.77 GBP, 6 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/l766zfh deep flounces antique Victorian lace Amazing range of flower posy’s with bows!
Size: 10″ x ~65″ each.
Starting Price: 10.00 GBP
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 11:36:49 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller poppy1109, Rochester, Kent, United Kingdom
Comments: Two sections of a border of bobbinlace application on machine net. I think it’s possible that it is a Honiton applique due to the large areas of leadwork woven tally fillings. The style of the motifs (especially the feather-like fronds), the large sprigs used as esprits are also more English, as are the types of flowers used. A beautiful piece but with unfortunate modifications.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut apart, cut along the top.
Damage: Occasional pinholes and pulls in the tulle.
Soilage: Not white, according to seller, with a number of age stains.
Finish: A little wrinkled.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/ppeysn6 19thC Andtique Handmade Brussels DUCHESSE Bobbin LACE Handkerchief WEDDING HANKY
Size: ~12.5″ square
Starting Price: $120.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 12:51:02 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller countryliving, Auburn, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A handkerchief of Duchesse de Bruges. Conventional pattern, with a little raised work in the motifs. Unpicoted irregular brides which look a bit weak in places. Nice pattern, but some of the execution is a bit off.
Condition:
Provenance: None cited.
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some frayed threads.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Fold creases evident.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/l6s7zoz Pretty Antique Hand Worked Bedfordshire Bobbin Lace Collar
Size: 14″ neckline, 3″ deep.
Starting Price: 24.00 GBP Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 15:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller pbur3053, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Comments: An English Beds collar with lots of raised tallies in the clothwork. Typical leaf and flower pattern, with lots of well-done plaited work.
Provenance: None cited.
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious in the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean, in fact very white.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Unsold as of 9/21/14 11:17 PM MST
http://tinyurl.com/oqxynqm Beautiful Frilly Antique Handmade Bedfordshire Bobbin Lace Collar Fichu
Size: 32″ neckline, 17.5″ deep at back
Starting Price: 44.00 GBP Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 16:33 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller pbur3053, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Comments: An English Beds shawl collar in three parts, which you see a lot in this lace. The inner collar is a roughly ‘C’ shaped Beds guipure (note the large ovals), with another border of plaited beds along the neckline. What is unusual about this one is that the outer edge is a tape-lace with a lower plaited mesh. That’s not familiar from Beds, but it’s hard to think they would go outside the local area for this addition. Interesting.
Provenance: None cited.
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few frayed threads, one seam coming loose.
Soilage: A few rust marks.
Finish: Looks good considering it’s a made-up piece.
Unsold as of 9/21/14 11:17 PM MST
http://tinyurl.com/lpu2dal Gorgeous Ivory Antique Burano Lace Collar Victorian Edwardian
Size: main piece 17″ x 17″, collar 3″ x 14″
Starting Price: $39.00
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 18:34:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller thebigwhitebarn, Camden, Maine, United States
Comments: A dress front and neckpiece of Burano needlelace. There might have been some matching cuffs at one point. Good symmetric design with decorative clothwork and some grid fillings. This deviates slightly from the typical pomegranate motifs, but still has a similar feeling.
Provenance: From an estate sale.
Modifications: No modifications, but neckpiece is reinforced with wire.
Damage: Occasional broken or frayed thread – very minor.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for $281.60, 6 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/lwrok2s Lovely Square Antique Crochet Collar Victorian Edwardian
Size: 18″ wide, 12″ tall
Starting Price: $25.99
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 18:39:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller thebigwhitebarn, Camden, Maine, United States
Comments: This is an interesting mixed tape lace, not crochet. The woven braid is probably machine-made, and there are some simple needlelace fillings and brides. It has an interestingly effective ‘punto in aria’ look to it. Some of the leaf-shaped structures look like they were needle-made or at least finished with buttonhole stitches on the edges. I don’t remember seeing anything like this before. Looks like a 20th century product.
Provenance: From an estate sale.
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites one flaw that I can’t find – some closeup photos are fuzzy.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for $83.00, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/m7jnmp4 Fabulous Irish Crochet Large Round Collar 60″ long
Size: 60″ around, 5.5″ deep.
Starting Price: $39.99
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 18:46:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller thebigwhitebarn, Camden, Maine, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet bertha a form that doesn’t come up very often. Tight work, with some interesting ball-like raised elements in some flowers. Also some raised rings in flower centers. The work is well executed and the design tightly packed with the traditional 3 and 4 headed pinwheel motifs. Picots look like crocheted loops.
Provenance: From an estate sale.
Modifications: None.
Damage: One separation along the neckline, occasional frayed or broken thread.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious crease or wrinkles, but it isn’t laying very evenly in the photo. I don’t think that’s a problem.
Sold for $113.65, 3 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/phqxy9c Antique Ivory Floral Bobbin Lace Shawl Capelet Scarf Victorian
Size: 65.5″ long, 14.5″ max depth
Starting Price: $39.99
Auction ends: Sep 21, 2014 18:49:49 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller thebigwhitebarn, Camden, Maine, United States
Comments: I think this is a Swiss Neuchâtel bobbinlace small shawl – it has a lot of the same design characteristics as that lace. A heavier, unrelieved cloth stitch in a dense, symmetric pattern, with lots of honeycomb fillings. Not a particularly elaborate design, but simply floral in nature. I have several examples in my own collection. Not a lace that comes to the market very often, but it was made in larger pieces.
Provenance: From an estate sale.
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some holes in the mesh at the ends of the piece, perhaps made in a fastening process. Mesh is a bit irregular in places and I see a few pinholes, but nothing serious.
Soilage: Ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases, but a little wrinkled.
Sold for $130.49, 3 bidders.
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