http://tinyurl.com/gqw7pq3 Antique/vintage machine Brussels Duchesse lace collar
Size: 16″ neckline, back depth 6.8″
Starting Price: £8.00
Auction ends: January 8, 2017 9:33 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Bruges Bloemwerk collar with bold, well executed design. Everything seems nicely in balance in this piece. Note the little ‘islands’ where the picoted brides meet and single woven tally fillings. Good example of the type.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Slight fraying at some bride ends.
Soilage: :Seller cites mid ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.
Sold for £16.80, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/ja47q7u 3 lengths antique/vintage 19th C Valenciennes insertion lace
http://tinyurl.com/z5858wr 5 pieces fine antique/vintage 19thC Valenciennes Lace
Size: 1.75″ x (79″ + 15″), 1″ x 53″, 0.8″ x 65″
1.5″ x 124″, 1″ x 134″, 1″ x 105″, 1.5″ x 77″, 1.2″ x 70″
Starting Price: £8.00, £30.00
Auction ends: January 8, 2017 9:54 AM PST.
January 9, 2017 10:58 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Valenciennes insertions are useful, but a little rare. In #1 these are fairly simple, a single line of leaves in the two two, and an interesting line of ovals in the bottom one. In #2 the top three insertions have a more undulating pattern. The bottom tow are simple slightly scalloped borders.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: All cut one end, can’t see the other ends. Note the tags on two piece in #1, might be original.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the single photo.
Soilage: :Seller cites mid ivory color. Middle one in #1 has a few brown spots.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.
Sold for £14.54, 3 bidders.
Sold for £30.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/hdu52zz 134 ins antique/vintage Valenciennes narrow lace border
Size: 3.6″ x 134″
Starting Price: £8.00
Auction ends: January 8, 2017 9:58 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Simple, scalloped Valenciennes border with one row of circular esprits. The design seems to be a stylized leaf arrangement. Square mesh.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends.
Damage: Occasional weakness both the top and bottom border, minor.
Soilage: :Seller cites pale ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.
Sold for £8.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/zrj659j Antique/vintage Chantilly lace bonnet veil – repair /study / projects
Size: 22″ x 42″
Starting Price: £8.00
Auction ends: January 8, 2017 10:11 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: An elaborate Chantilly hat veil. Note the top line of holes for threading the gathering ribbon. Elaborate romantic floral design, almost too detailed for a hat veil. No ombré shading, but various filling stitches and gimp work do gives some dimension to the halfstitch. An impressive design which has seen better days as far as condition goes.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Racroc splits, other holes and general wear.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.
Sold £62.20, 8 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/z84ssju Antique Wood German? Belgium? Lace Maker Carving. Wonderful Piece
Size: Not given. Might be about 6″ high to scale with the hand in one photo.
Starting Price: $149.00
Auction ends: January 8, 2017 6:47 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller sophocles352, Ocala, Florida, United States
Comments: A wooden carving of a Belgian lacemaker, no maker given. Well detailed, with some staining and burning? coloration. We usually think of such pieces as German, but this is obviously a Belgian subject.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: crack across the right shoulder.
Soilage: Hard to tell. Face looks clean.
Finish: Expected patina.
Sold for $149.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/jjjyre4 19th C. handmade Point de paris centerpeice Dogs, Birds, Butterflies COLLECT
Size: 26″ diameter, lace is 5″ deep.
Starting Price: $325.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: January 8, 2017 8:48 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A table cover of Point de Paris with floral design including birds and dogs. That might be a butterfly above the dog. Fairly complex, careful work. Note the eyelet embroidery in the center cloth.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious for the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory color.
Finish: Light wrinkling and some fold creases.
Unsold.
http://tinyurl.com/jlvdol6 19th C. Handmade Chantilly Fall Cap and Lappets Rare COSTUME COLLECTOR
Size: 37″ long, 13″ center depth, 5.5″ max width lappets.
Starting Price: $165.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: January 9, 2017 9:41 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A Chantilly fallcap. The thread looks thick and black, probably a Belgian product. Interesting design with three points on one side of the headpiece and one on the other side. You see this in Honiton sometimes. The lappet ends are quit thick. Floral design with honeycomb fillings.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few loose threads, minor. Occasional knot in the mesh, might be from changing threads?
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: Light wrinkling and some fold creases.
Buy-it-Now exercised.
http://tinyurl.com/jkrh7wd Antique 19thC Fine Hand Made Lace on Net White Bonnet Veil
Size: 13″ x 46″
Starting Price: $35.00
Auction ends: January 10, 2017 10:00 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller ogop, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A probable Belgian needlelace applique on machine net. Given the rather large width and the rolled top edge, this might be cut down from a larger piece. Still, needlelace applique in a form like this is unusual. Light florals along the lower border and up the sides, single sprigs used as esprits.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: May be cut down from a larger piece.
Damage: Three pinholes in the tulle, 2 small breaks along bottom edge. A few pulls in the tulle.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: A little minor wrinkling. Nice drape to the net.
Sold for $78.77, 5 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/j429c4l Antique Tiffany Carved Mother of Pearl Lace Fan 14k Gold Handle Signed 117DGZ
Size: 17.5″ x 10″
Starting Price: $249.99
Auction ends: January 10, 2017 12:14 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller gstroh, Rock Hall, Maryland, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze fan with carved Mother of Pearl (Abalone) sticks. It has the nicest repair to a guardstick I’ve ever seen. Excellent Art Nouveau floral design, no raised work. This is a higher end market piece, even without much in the way of decorative fillings. Comes with box.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: One repaired stick. Lace looks OK.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Expected fan creases.
Sold for $338.00, 3 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/jutnlnm Rare Antique Handmade Maltese Collar
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $48.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: January 10, 2017 8:32 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller howard337, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Comments: A Beds insert with typical pattern of a single central piece with separate plaited edge added at the neckline and outer border. Note the raised tallies on the leaves in the central part. Good design, typical of Armstrong manufacture.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 1st quarter 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Buy-it-Now exercised.
http://tinyurl.com/z965reo BRUSSELS MIXED Lace Runner w 8 POINT DE GAXE Roses, Double Layer Leaves 43.5×17
Size: 17.5″ x 45.5″
Starting Price: $850.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: January 11, 2017 5:39 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller curated_store, Dublin, Ohio, United States
Comments: A runner of Brussels Duchesse. I don’t think the petals in the Point de Gaze inserts are raised, but there is raised work against halfstitch background in the bobbinlace. Both in leaves and the swag-work. This commonly seen in higher quality Duchesse. Most of the Point de Gaze are single roses, except at the ends where there are rows of decorative ‘mode’ fillings with regular PtdG ground. Unusual to see this quality Duchesse in table linens.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites a light cream color. Also says it has been hand laundered (no details) and lightly pressed.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Unsold.
http://tinyurl.com/gnjro3n Antique 72″x126″ CANTU/Figural Bobbin/Milanese Hand Made Lace Tablecloth-Putti
Size: 72″ x 126″
Starting Price: $750.00
Auction ends: January 11, 2017 10:25 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller ogop, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A large tablecloth of Cantu bobbinlace. It has two techniques – the typical scrolling vines with 3-headed flowers and hooks, along with inserts of what might be called Point de Milan. This is usually taken to mean pieced bobbinlace with a needle-made ground. The photos aren’t close enough to tell what kind of ground it has, it might be a bobbin plaited ground. It is actually nice to see these two technique together, since it can often be difficult to attribute origin to this type of pieced lace.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: early 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/hbxzjbr Unusual Binche style snow ground bobbin lace inset COLLECT COSTUME DECOR
Size: 2.25″ x 3 yards
Starting Price: $145.00
Auction ends: January 11, 2017 11:45 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: This type of lace with the rather stylized large motifs and variations on snow grounds and fillings is sometimes seen in the French Alps lacemaking regions, like Queyras. They are typically freehand laces.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles
Sold for $185.30, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/ha6ujky Vtg Antique Brussels Needle Point Lace 19th Century Ladies Cuffs Handmade
Size: each 3″ max x 9.25″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: January 11, 2017 1:07 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller twist-in-time, Pottstown, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: Matching cuffs of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. Buttonholed rings are used as esprits. Only some tiny needle-made knot fillings, and no raised work. Interesting shape and pattern.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/zat2ege Antique Italian Ecru Hand Made Bobbin Lace Tablecloth
Size: 76″ x 90″
Starting Price: $275.00
Auction ends: January 11, 2017 1:18 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller ogop, Lincoln, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A l
Provenance: Probably and Italian piece. Tape lace border, and what really strikes me is the extended Venise-type plaited center. I can’t find any seams, wonder how they got such a large piece done. Wish there were closer photos.
Date: 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles. Unused with original tag.
Sold for $275.00, 1 bidder.
http://tinyurl.com/jtt5klc Exquisite Antique Intricate Lace Collar Victorian Handmade
Size: 25″ neckline, 5″ max depth
Starting Price: £30.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: January 11, 2017 1:56 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller gate196, Fordingbridge, United Kingdom
Comments: An Irish crochet collar. Irregular picoted brides. The non-traditional motifs have no raised work, but do have nicely finished edges. Some interesting filling stitches. A lot of square edges in the design, and most clothwork is double crochet. I think the thread might be linen, it has that kind of shine.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Broken upper right tip.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Unsold.
http://tinyurl.com/h7bcefr 190 ins fine antique 18th C Brussels Alencon lace border – provenence
Size: 2.5″ x 190″
Starting Price: £120.00
Auction ends: January 12, 2017 10:13 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Louis XV style Alençon. The floral design is a little plain, without the typical Louis XV undulations. Might be a little later in style. Good decorative ‘mode’ fillings along the border and in flower centers – these really make the piece.
Provenance: From the collection of Margaret, Marchioness of Crewe, her daughter, the 9th Duchess of Roxburghe, and her great aunt, Lucy Cohen.
Date: 3rd quarter 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends, secured on one end.
Damage: Some pulls and tiny repairs to the mesh. Unusual to find mesh of this period in such good condition.
Soilage: Seller cites mid ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
Sold for £123.00, 2 bidders.
http://tinyurl.com/zgu48k7 antique IRISH CROCHET LACE COLLAR Round WIDE Shape Scalloped OPEN FLOWER PATTERN
Size: 16.5″ neckline, ~5″ to 5.5″ deep
Starting Price: $24.99
Auction ends: January 12, 2017 6:37 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller redgleen2, Chicago, Illinois, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet collar with a lighter Rose of Sharon pattern inside, and heavier guipure motifs on the outside. This can be a very effective combination. Good raised work in the motifs, and note the pinwheels of 3 shamrocks between the roses along the border.
Date: 4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Yellowing along the neckline.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/j5oxp7n 91 ins antique vintage Brussels lace border
Size: 2.9″ x 91″
Starting Price: £25.00
Auction ends: January 13, 2017 10:54 AM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: An interesting pieced lace with heavy gimp. It doesn’t have typical Bruges motifs, and I’m particularly struck by the motifs along the lower border. They resemble things found in Italian needlelaces. It is possible this is an Italian piece. Interesting design, good technique.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: early 20th C?
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends.
Damage: A few loose threads.
Soilage: Seller cites pale ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
No bids.
http://tinyurl.com/z4tkm82 Pair Antique 96″ Handmade Cantu Lace Runners Dogs Birds
Size: each 11″ x 96″
Starting Price: £575.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: January 14, 2017 7:37 PM PST.
Offered by: Ebay seller cayantiques, Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Comments: A pair of long Cantu lace runners with figural work. Most of the figures are embedded in the traditional cantu scrollwork. Birds have a bobbin-made ground inside ovals. These types of pieces don’t come up too often, but are a well recognized form.
Provenance: None cited.
Date: 1st quarter 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites white color, one has a dark spot and smaller lighter spto.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.
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