http://tinyurl.com/pxseqhb 12 Carrickmacross Irish Lace PLacemats Doilies Hand Work Shamrock Thistle Rose
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $1,599.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: November 8, 2015 6:15 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mellow44, Tiverton, Rhode Island, United States
Comments: Carrickmacross applique is not the first thing you think of for placemats, but here is a set of 12. Note the prominent looped border, along with varied needlerun fillings. There is a little bride work, and the design has shamrocks, thistles, and other flowers. The style looks a little later, and the motifs fairly simple.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  Mid 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: I think I see some very small repairs, might be a trick of the light, or something done in the manufacturing process.
Soilage: Looks clean in this lighting.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.  Look unused.

http://tinyurl.com/omnl7ea Antique/vintage Brussels Point de Gaze lace bertha
Size: Neckline 40″, 7″ deep.
Starting Price: £60.00
Auction ends: November 8, 2015 11:29 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze bertha with raised petal roses. The motifs are fairly conventional, arranged in quite an elegant design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites scattered small holes and repairs.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Not perfectly crisp, but that’s minor. Might have been washed in the past.

http://tinyurl.com/nt6q2gj Antique/vintage Brussels Duchesse lace collar/dress front
Size: Neckline 18″, 11″ front length
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 10:40 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A collar of Duchesse de Bruges.  Conventional motifs, nicely arranged.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller notes that neck edge is a little worn.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Looks like a soft fold crease center back.

http://tinyurl.com/nj4zcev TWO 48″ (122CM) LENGTHS OF BRUSSELS APPLIQUE LACE FLOUNCE ON MACHINE NET
Size: 8″ x 48″ for both.
Starting Price: £26.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 12:03 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: Two pieces of a flounce of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. The design is quite light with small motifs, and small circular ‘esprits’ in the ground. Not sure how the esprits are made. I can’t find any needlelace elements in this piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller notes that neck edge is a little worn.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Looks like a soft fold crease center back.

http://tinyurl.com/olr2opu Beautiful antique Honiton bobbin lace hanky handkerchief -English wedding lace
Size: 33 cm x 33 cm
Starting Price: £29.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 11:40 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton guipure handkerchief. Snails/slugs style, delicately done, especially the ‘fern’ leaves in two corners. These are what really makes the piece.   Note the needle-made brides wound around 4 connecting threads.  Good tally leadwork fillings.  An interesting piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c, maybe into the 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites a small hole in the cloth.  One area of 10-stick separated from a motif on the left edge.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal & vertical fold lines. Slight creasing of some motifs on the outer edge.

http://tinyurl.com/p9khye3 A VICTORIAN BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE LAPPET FRONT COLLAR WITH POINT DE GAZE PANELS
Size: 18″ neckline, 3″ center back depth.
Starting Price: £26.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 11:42 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A collar of Duchesse de Bruxelles with raised petal roses in the two Point de Gaze inserts. No raised work in the bobbinlace. Conventional design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: One tiny red spot, one small repair. Pt d G mesh looks good.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creasing or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/phqge2l Beautiful Antique Brussels Point de Gaze lace hanky handkerchief – wedding hanky
Size: 32 cm square
Starting Price: £24.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 11:45 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, United Kingdom
Comments: An unusual Point de Gaze handkerchief. The edge is quite narrow, with lots of decorative ‘mode’ fillings.  No flowers that could have raised petals. It’s an interesting way to fill a narrow border.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few small holes and pinholes in the mesh. One tiny hole in the cloth.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal and vertical fold creases.

http://tinyurl.com/ogh8v7z VICTORIAN CARRICKMACROSS LACE RECTANGULAR SHAWL OR VEIL – 80″ (204cm) Long
http://tinyurl.com/p7l8jmj A 1.88 METRE FLOUNCE OF CARRICKMACROSS APPLIQUE LACE – 21 1/2″ (55 cm) Deep
Size: ~80″ x 75″, 21.5″ x 1.88 meters
Starting Price: £60.00, £8.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 12:05 PM PST
November 9, 2015 12:11 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A square shawl of Carrickmacross applique, and a matching section of a flounce. Fairly elaborate floral design with needlerun fillings, and note the spiky picots along the outer edge.  This is sometimes seen as an alternative to the larger looped picots.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None on the veil, flounce is extensively cut.
Damage: Shawl: Small holes in the ground, 3 repairs.  Flounce:  large holes cut into the piece.
Soilage: Some localized rust spotting.
Finish: Shawl needs blocking to recover square shape.

     

http://tinyurl.com/nch6kte A VICTORIAN HONITON APPLIQUE LACE BERTHA COLLAR ON A MACHINE TULLE GROUND
Size: 44″ neckline, 8.75″ center back depth.
Starting Price: £10.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 1:06 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular scarf of Honiton applique on machine net.  It works as a collar, however it doesn’t have the larger outer edge typical of a bertha. Snails/slugs style, with the design nicely massed on the lower border.  Good woven tally leadworks, mostly of one kind.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Small holes and pinholes in the tulle.
Soilage: Looks beige in color in this lighting.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

  

http://tinyurl.com/pvbaeak A VICTORIAN HONITON APPLIQUE LACE TRIANGULAR SHAWL ON MACHINE MADE GROUND
Size: ~103″ x 41.5″
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 1:21 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A triangular shawl of Honiton applique on machine net.  The motifs are a bit more advanced than snails/slugs, large massed floral spray in the lower center. Wider border of flowers around the lower edge, narrower at the top, and small sprigs are used in the ground. This triangular form for Honiton applique is a bit unusual.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Tear in the tulle with failed repair at one end. Small holes and pinholes in the mesh throughout. Some holes repaired.
Soilage: Seems a little beige in color in this lighting.
Finish: One fold crease that I can see, some minor wrinkling.

http://tinyurl.com/nr7vcun A VICTORIAN HANDKERCHIEF WITH A RUSSIAN OR SIMILAR BOBBIN LACE BORDER
Size: 16″ square
Starting Price: £8.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 1:31 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A handkerchief with a tape lace border, perhaps Russian Yelets.  I don’t think it’s Idria or Italian.  There’s a lace museum in Yelets http://tinyurl.com/p9ouv5t. Recent photos of this lace look more like Vologda, but I think the more traditional form is this narrow, dense tape.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites some small holes in the cloth.
Soilage: Light red staining.
Finish: A little wrinkled.

http://tinyurl.com/nma6arn ANTIQUE LACE-EARLY VENETIAN GROS POINT LACE
Size: 3.5″ x (23″ and 25″)
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 3:25 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A 19th c Gros Point copy.  The thread looks linen.  Very hard to tell where this might have been made – Italy, France, Belgium, Ireland.  Someday I’ll write a book on the subject.  It does have some interesting decoration in the clothwork, and I like the heavy round rings in the middle of the brides. That kind of seems like a Belgian technique.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  later 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut, but I assume so.
Damage: Seller cites a few openings.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles, but there’s no photo of the complete pieces.

http://tinyurl.com/pvxjhl8 Dogs Birds and Butterflies in Handmade Point de Paris bobbin lace Large round
Size: 26″ diameter, lace 5″ deep.
Starting Price: $325.00
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 12:15 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A table cover edged with figural Point de Paris, including birds in trees and a dog. That might be a butterfly between the facing birds, but I’m not sure. This type of figural work is not unusual in Point de Paris, especially in table linens.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites deep ivory white color.
Finish:  A little creasing and wrinkling, especially in the center cloth.

http://tinyurl.com/oc7mdte Spectacular Victorian Point de Venise needle lace edging Mint condition COLLECT
Size: 3.5″ without engrelure, x ~30″
Starting Price: $185.00
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 3:09 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: Another 19th c Gros Point copy. This one has very fine thread, good decorative filings and a lot of fillings that look a little ‘Point de Gaze’ in technique.  So I’m guessing Belgian. However the cordonnets are tightly buttonholed, which might mean Austria.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends, engrelure added.
Damage: Seller cites a couple of minor breaks.
Soilage: Seller cites deep ivory white color, and a few minor stains that I can’t find.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/ovllpgf RARE, UNUSUAL Antique 1800s Needlepoint Lace HANDKERCHIEF Brussels POINT de GAZE
Size: ~15″ square
Starting Price: $395.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 7:15 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller things*most*delightful, Sacramento, California, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze handkerchief, no raised work.  The striped pattern is occasionally seen in this lace, and note the single looped picots around the outer edge. The design is quite unusual, even to the bellflowers anchoring the rest of the pattern. In pieces like this there is often an emphasis on decorative ‘mode’ fillings, seen here in the corners. The little 4-petaled buds in the strips are quite unusual.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few pinholes in the mesh. One break middle of the right side.
Soilage: Some localized red staining.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/o3xblo6 MAGNIFICENT Antique Brussels Lace Point de Gaze Roses Heirloom Wedding Veil~1890
Size: 105″ x 65″, blusher veil” 20 – not sure what that is.
Starting Price: £1,500.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 7:15 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller dollyslace, Manchester, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels bobbin and needlelace oval bridal veil applique on machine net.  The roses are Point de Gaze with raised petals (nicely done with diamond widows in the petals), and elaborate center fillings. There is one major flower spray in the train area, with a floral border, wider at the back and narrower at the front.  Small flower sprays and dots decorate the main tulle area.
I’m not wild about the treatment of the pointed leaves – they just look tied off at the points with a little fluffy end of the gimp – and frankly, a little ‘Princesse’. But I think they are all handmade.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1900.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites 2 minor pinholes, one small and one tiny repair.
Soilage: Seller cites “antique ivory’ color.  One small age mark.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.  Good drape to the tulle.

http://tinyurl.com/ozlhptj Antique 18th cent Flemish Brabant bobbin lace flounce panel 160cm x 50cm
Size: 50 cm x 160 cm
Starting Price: £49.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 11:44 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels bobbinlace with bride ground, about 1730. This is not Brabant style, but has considerable sophistication and technical excellence. It looks cut at the top, and there appears to be separate piece of slightly darker color joined along the bottom third. There is also a separate piece tacked on both ends. All these appear to have come from different original pieces. Quiet an interesting study for an assembled piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1730
Condition:
Modifications: Assembled, cut ends, 3 major joins, engrelure added.
Damage: Fraying and broken brides – severity depends on which section you are looking at.
Soilage: Localized age spotting throughout.
Finish:  Fold creases evident.

http://tinyurl.com/qjyt7ta Extraordinary late 18th C. SET handmade Valenciennes PAIR OF LAPPET and FRILL
Size: lappets: 28″ x 4.75″ to 3.5″.  Edging 3″ x ~1-1/3 yards.
Starting Price: £49.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 12:40 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A pair of round hole Valenciennes lappets with matching capback frill, although as in similar sets, the frill is not attached.  Which makes this set a rare survivor.  The delicate thin design is sometimes known as Valenciennes Anglaise, probably a marketing name. It is quite a distinct style, often seen in narrow edgings.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  late 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Edging cut both ends and secured, engrelure added. I have a feeling the picoted edge is a later addition.  The lappets look in original condition, although it would help if there were a closeup of the upper ends.
Damage: Lappets a little frayed along the edges. Occasional very minor pinhole and pulls in the mesh.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory color. There appear to be a few small red spots in the edging.
Finish:  Vertical fold creases in the edging, creases throughout the lappets.

http://tinyurl.com/once8kk 6.7 yds Antique French Brussels Point de Gaze Handmade Lace 242″ L X 3.5″ W
Size:3.5″ x 242″
Starting Price: $574.98
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:18 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller cherubim_gates, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Comments: Belgian Point de Gaze long border, no raised work. There’s a short repeat of three asymmetric leaves with two flowers below, then a more vertical element with hanging leaves (with and 8-petaled decorative ‘mode’). Some heavy rings in flower centers. And interesting piece with a rather atypical design, but well suited for ruffling.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Not sure if the end I can see has been cut – it might be a natural termination.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.  Looks unused.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory color. There appear to be a few small red spots in the edging.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/pckscj5 DELICATE ANTIQUE BLACK SILK CHANTILLY LACE LAPPET COLLAR SCARF JABOT
Size: 5″ x 43″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:24 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A Chantilly lappet scarf, no ombre work. The floral design is quite effective with little cartouches containing a flowerpot at the ends and single spray father up.  Good example of the form.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Slight fraying along edges.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/pxny7v2 ANTIQUE LACE VALENCIENNES BOBBIN LACE 151″ ROUND MESH GROUND
Size: 1.5″ x 151″
Starting Price: $25.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:30 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: I especially wanted to review this narrow round-hole Valenciennes edge because of the similarity in design to the lappet/frill set above. This simple lace is a favorite of mine, especially when it is made in very fine thread, and you usually find it with quite a straight edge.  Similar patterns are also made with the square mesh, indicating that the style survived well into the 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  1st half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Both ends cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites light discoloration at one end.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/qa48hae DELICATE ANTIQUE BLACK SILK CHANTILLY LACE SHORT VEIL HEADDRESS SCARF COLLAR
Size: 35″ x 16″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:36 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A semi-circular Chantilly hat veil. Fairly elaborate with a dense pattern of esprits in the ground, and note the underline of flowers just below the top edge. Quite a effective as well as practical design for an item like this. Hard to tell if it is French or Belgian – I’m guessing France.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Occasional pinhole in the mesh and broken thread – minor.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

  

http://tinyurl.com/namw6ws ANTIQUE LACE BELGIUM BRUSSELS LAPPET POINT DE GAZE ROSES FLOWER SCARF JAOBT COL
Size: 5.25″ x 56.5″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:39 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A narrow scarf of Point d’Angleterre – meaning a pieced bobbinlace with a Point de Gaze ground. The ends do contain a more traditional Point de Gaze insert – no raised work. There is a little raised work on halfstitch background in some of the strapwork. This type of lace often has a more sophisticated design than related Duchesse, and this example has a very nice presence.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Seller cites a small split alongside one leaf in the border. Mesh looks good.
Soilage: Seller cites some areas of light discoloration.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/prtlzcl ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 18THC. MECHLIN LACE LAPPET
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 2:25 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A lappet set of Mechlin, Louis XV design with fond de glace.  It has seen better days, but is an excellent example of this style.  The motifs are a little blocky, typical of Mechlin of this period.  Note the quatrafoil fillings in some areas.  Seller is correct, it’s finer than it looks in the photos.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  mid 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Looks like they are cut at the top and joined.  Picot edging is a later addition.
Damage: Numerous holes in the mesh of various sizes.  Some pulls in the mesh and small repairs. Broken threads in the toile and some fillings.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  vertical fold creases evident.

http://tinyurl.com/q7dbfgy ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 16-17THC.,RARE VENETIAN RETICELLA AND PUNT IN ARIA LACE
Size: ~10″ x 54.5″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 2:12 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A Punto in Aria border with deep scallops, with some Genoese bobbinlace.  One thing to me that argues for an early date is the framework of the piece – the heavy horizontal lines which divide the three sections in the top part. These appear to be woven braids, which is a technique you see in early Punto in Aria.  It gives the impression of the original cutwork cloth used in Reticella, but is more flexible. It appears to be used in the lower scallops also. The photos are a little fuzzy in this area, but I’m pretty sure the outside edge of the scallops is Genoese bobbinlace – note the woven leaves.
It is always difficult to date something like this, and I wish there were more closeups. But provisionally I’ll call it early.  There are a few things that bother me, like how the scalloped border doesn’t really match the upper border, and isn’t really aligned with the main design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  after 1600
Condition:
Modifications: Cut one end, can’t see the other end.
Damage: Seller cites a few openings near one end, and if that’s all, it is unusual for an early piece. Might be a warning sign.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/pgprv7m ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1700’s, FLEMISH “POTTEN KANT” LACE
Size: 3″ x 26″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 2:54 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A Flemish Pottenkant insertion which looks more in the Mechlin technique with an elaborate snowflake-variation ground. I could probably track it down but my entire library is in boxes in a new storage facility, and it’s getting late.  The symmetric ‘flowerpot’ design, the straight edges of the piece, are enough to put it in the pottenkant style class, but I think the piece is being shown upside down since the picoted border is at the top.  I’m more inclined to put it in the Mechlin category.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  1st half 1700’s.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.  Piece is sewn to tissue.  Straight top edge treatment is a bit confusing.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos .
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  Some creasing.

http://tinyurl.com/ozg9a93 ANTIQUE LACE SUPERB BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE SHAWL BRIDAL c. 1880 19TH CENTURY
Size: 19″ x 94.5″
Starting Price: $650.00
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 7:38 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller zukhbaia, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Comments: A rectangular shawl of Brussels Duchesse. Double raised petal roses in the Point de Gaze inserts, with diamond windows in the petals. Great photos of the back of the roses showing a little known technique of forming a base for the raised petals. Good rows of decorative ‘mode’ fillings, although not much variation. No raised work in the bobbinlace, which is of conventional Duchesse design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. PtdG mesh looks good.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory/light beige color, and some very small stains.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

  

http://tinyurl.com/oyw9k9q ANTIQUE LACE SUPERB BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE TRIM BRIDAL c. 1880 19TH CENTURY
Size: 5.5″ x 161″
Starting Price: $450.00
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 7:58 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller zukhbaia, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Comments: A long Point de Gaze border – note the multiple raised petals in the roses. And how they are a little ‘cup’ shaped, sign of a particular manufacture whose name we don’t know. The back view has the same structure supporting the raised petals as in the previous piece. Slightly more naturalistic design than usual, although the motifs are a bit simple.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: The ends might be naturally terminated.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. PtdG mesh looks good.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory/light beige color, and some very small stains.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/ont6gnw antique Chantilly lace dress front ornament fichu shawl long lappets civil war
Size: lappets 47″ and 46″, complete length 140″.  Center back depth 13.5″
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: November 13, 2015 10:54 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller atelier1900, Gaillard, France
Comments: A Chantilly deep collar with frill around the upper part and long, wide hanging lappets.  There’s a lot of assembly in this piece, and similar examples usually have more shaped lappets. Still, the design as shown on the manikin and possibility for draping are interesting.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: An assembled piece.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.