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http://tinyurl.com/nyh4p57 Antique Lace fingerless gloves engageantes – Brussels Duchess & Point de Gaze
Size: ~16.75″ long each.
Starting Price: 125.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 01, 2014 12:23:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller hamstershoard, Scottish Borders, United Kingdom
Comments: A pair of long fingerless gloves of Brussels Duchesse. Raised petal roses in the Point de Gaze inserts.  I’ve never seen something like this before, so am hard pressed to say if it is the original form. But the pattern seems symmetric between the two, and I don’t see any obvious cutting. Unusual set.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None?
Damage: Some loose connections to the bobbinlace and tiny holes in the Needlelace.  A little frayed in places.
Soilage:  Looks clean.
Finish: It has that washed look with slightly shrunken motifs.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/k97t6hq Antique Brussels Duchesse Bobbin Lace Wedding Hanky
Size: 13″ square
Starting Price: 125.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 01, 2014 17:41:08 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mike10_mike, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruges handkerchief.  Conventional motifs with some raised work in the corners.  Bold design.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few minor broken brides.
Soilage:  White, with some minor discoloration.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $62.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kscoler Antique Brussels & flat Point de Gaz Lace Berthe Bertha Collar Very Full
Size: 39″ neckline, 85″ outside edge, 5.5″ deep.
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: Jun 01, 2014 18:30:05 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller fletcher110, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse bertha, no raised work in the Point de Gaze inserts. Interesting motifs with a ladder-like join down the center of just about everything. Work is crisp and bold.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A pull or two, very minor.
Soilage:  ‘creamy white or light beige’.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

  No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/pczoumf EXQUISITE ANTIQUE BRUSSELS DUCHESSE POINT DE GAZE LACE TRIM 3D BRIDAL 3″ X 48
Size: 3″ x 48″
Starting Price: $49.99
Auction ends: Jun 01, 2014 18:58:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kuchcollectiblesandvintagelinens, Ronkonkoma, New York, United States
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse border.  Note the isolated raised Point de Gaze petal roses as well as flatter inserts. The bobbinlace raised work is quite elaborate. Better design than often found.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut at both ends.
Damage: A little frayed along the top edge.
Soilage:  Overall age darkening with some spots of storage shadowing. I don’t think it’s quite as dark as the photos show.
Finish: No obvious creases or folds.

   Sold for $217.50, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/oru9qm8 Handmade Belgian Bruges bobbin Lace BERTHE 19th C. CW Dramatic bold design
Size: 36″ neckline, 6″ deep
Starting Price: $95.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jun 03, 2014 11:57:39 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A Bruges bertha, large motifs with two fillings. Double picoted brides. Bold design, motifs are a bit large, but this is fairly typical.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Ivory white.
Finish: No obvious creases or folds.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/ktfh7fb Victorian.Hand Made Honiton Bobbin Lace Bordered Hankie Signed and Dated 1881
Size: 15″ square
Starting Price: 20.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 03, 2014 12:08:22 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kent-rose, Garden of England, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton guipure handkerchief. Snails/slugs style, nicely done. Quite a dense design, very true to the English flower garden or hedge-row Honiton esthetic. Note the little ‘islands’ at the junction of brides. Not a lot of fillings. Wonderful inscription.
Provenance:  Inscribed “Mars Blackwell 1881”.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Slightly off white. Might be some tiny brown spots, or maybe a trick of the photography.
Finish: Fold creases and slight wrinkling.

   Sold for 72.00 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/n395bkb Victorian.Hand Made Honiton Bobbin Lace Bordered Hankie Roses Motifs Snow White
Size: 14″ square
Starting Price: 20.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 03, 2014 12:17:21 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kent-rose, Garden of England, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton guipure handkerchief.  Still in the snails/slugs style, but a little more advanced, with good masses of roses and leaves in the corners. Nice delicate work in the leadwork tally fillings.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  White overall, one rust mark in the center cloth.
Finish: No obvious folds or wrinkles.

   Sold for 75.00 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lln72pf  Antique Victorian.Wide White Honiton Lace Collar Roses and Daisy Like Flowers
Size: 21″ across laid flat I guess, 7-8″ deep
Starting Price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 03, 2014 12:20:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kent-rose, Garden of England, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse deep collar with raised rose petals in the Point de Gaze inserts.  Typical Romantic floral design, later 19th century. Some raised work in the bobbinlace. Good example of a shaped piece.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Seller cites ‘a few wee breaks in the threads’. A few gaps between the needle and bobbin lace boundaries.
Soilage:  Slight age discoloration.
Finish: Motifs a bit shrunken, as if washed.

   Sold for 34.00 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kjv3vqg Handmade Bobbin Lace POINT DE PARIS SWAN CENTERPIECE 19th C.
Size: 11″ x 14″
Starting Price: $75.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jun 03, 2014 12:26:05 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: This would have been part of a larger set, probably WWI vintage. It’s a ‘Pottenkant’ design with a flowerpot and swan motif. Pottenkant was more a style than a type of lace, and examples are found in laces spanning hundreds of years, mostly in the Netherlands region. Several pieces of this straight-edge rather blocky motif style have been seen on Ebay recently.
Provenance:  None cited
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Slight break at lower left corner edge, minor.
Soilage:  Looks clean.
Finish: A few creases in the cloth.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/o3nndry Point de Venise Needle Lace Plastron Collar and Cuffs
Size: insert, 15″ long.  Cuffs: 3″ x 10″
Starting Price: $49.00
Auction ends: Jun 03, 2014 19:00:01 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller textiles2012, Hydes, Maryland, United States
Comments: A triangular insert and matching cuffs of a Venise lace.  Pieces like this are either Belgian, Austrian, Italian, or sometimes French, and we don’t well know how to tell them all apart. This set has some characteristics in common with Point de Gaze, so I’m guessing Belgian. The widely spaced buttonholed edges and circles of raised rings are Belgian techniques. Note also the decorative clothwork and fine thread.  Late 19th, early 20th c.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: A little fraying on some edge loops.
Soilage: Seller says they have been cleaned, no details. Localized brown spots throughout. Upper left corner of the insert might need reattachment.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $88.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ldbt3do ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1700’s FINE FLEMISH LACE FLOUNCE
Size: 9.5″ x 38″ excluding band at top.
Starting Price: $295.00
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 06:49:13 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A short section of a moderately wide Flemish bobbinlace, could be around 1700.  Note the plaited ground and small tightly worked motifs in a vertical design. The techniques are starting to depart from the more obvious copies of Milanese lace of a slightly earlier time. There is a lot of this kind of thing around, and modern copies are always a possibility, however this one does have an early feel. Some of the work is more a tape lace with overlapping loops.
Provenance:  Part of a museum deaccession
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends, band attached.  Often these were cut along the top, hard to tell here since there’s no obvious interruption in the design. Some closeups of the straight edge would help.
Damage: Occasional small frayed area, minor.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious wrinkles or creases.

   Sold for $295.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/nktdvdh ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 18THC.ARGENTAN NEEDLELACE FLOUNCE
Size: 4″ x ~ 92″
Starting Price: $195.00
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 07:15:41 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A border of late 18th c Alençon.  Typical design of brides tortillée or bouclée (would need better closeups to tell exactly)  on top with a more elaborate border with réseau fin at the bottom.  Not much clothwork here, it’s mostly decorative ‘mode’ fillings and a lot of cordonnet work. From what I can tell most of the horsehair picot base has been removed.  There’s no real way to tell the difference between Alençon and Argentan at this period, this kind of lace was made in both places. Alençon was by far the larger industry.
Provenance:  Part of a deaccession.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends, narrow engrelure attached.
Damage: One small repair, a few small openings and pulls in the ground.
Soilage: ‘Creamy echru patina’, one dark storage spot.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $195.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/nr3a2mr ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 18THC. IRISH YOUGHAL LACE BORDER
Size: 3.5″ x 44-45″
Starting Price: $95.00
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 07:49:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A Youghal needlelace border.  Good design with nicely done fillings that appear to be quite varied along the piece.  The little ‘spiderwebs’ are unusual for this lace. Note also the raised work on top of the open buttonhole clothwork, the ‘veined’ openwork patterns, and diamond windows n the solid parts. A lot going on for such a narrow piece.
Provenance:  Part of a museum deaccession.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Seller cites two small .5″ openings in the brides.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $169.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kkx9r8u ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1650,FINE BOBBIN LACE BORDER
Size: 6.5″ x 116″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 08:50:18 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: This is a very recognizable lace, l’Aquila from the Abruzzi region in Italy. Very narrow meandering tape always in a densely worked symmetric design.  Doesn’t take many bobbins, and I’ve duplicated old pieces from museum collections.  Ricci places this lace in the 17th c, so 1650 isn’t a bad guess.  It’s a fairly heavy linen lace.
Provenance:  Part of a museum deaccession.
Condition:
Modifications: One end cut, can’t see the other end. One join.
Damage: A  little wear along both edges.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: A few vertical creases.

   $188.49, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/kd97zxf ANTIQUE LACE-SUPERB BRUSSELS LACE FLOUNCE
Size: 6.5″ x 89″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 09:29:06 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A border of 19th c Point d’Angleterre, which is a fine Belgian bobbinlace with Point de Gaze ground and decorative needle-made fillings. The design on this piece is quite interesting, not at all what you usually find. The flowers and leaves rely on well worked cloth stitch with a minimum of fillings. No esprits, and the design fills the space almost completely – a very clean look. A higher-end market piece.
Provenance:  Part of a museum deaccession.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.  Some kind of tape added at the top.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean, unused.
Finish: A few slight vertical folds.

   $382.00, 7 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/l57ztzg ANTIQUE LACE-LOVELY BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE COLLAR
Size: Not given
Starting Price: $95.00
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 11:03:11 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, Irvington, New York, United States
Comments: A small collar of Point de Gaze, raised petal roses.  Those raised petals are a bit ‘cup-shaped’, unusual. Some good decorative ‘mode’ fillings. The design if fairly conventional.
Provenance:  Part of a museum deaccession.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Occasional small holes in the mesh.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Doesn’t lay quite flat.

   Sold for $95.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/pnkkknf Antique Victorian Fine Needle Lace Fichu, Absolutely Gorgeous !!
Size: 48″ long
Starting Price: $8.99
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 15:07:07 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller morwennadolls, Egg Harbor City, New Jersey, United States
Comments: A Chantilly lappet scarf with ombre shading.  The roses are amazing, the rest of the piece seems almost anti-climatic. But I’m nitpicking. This is a finely worked piece of a lovely design. Probably French.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Might be a small hole toward the lower inside edge on the right side in the photo.  Not enough closeups, but might be an occasional small hole in the mesh.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $66.78, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/q5hmvrz ANTIQUE LACE FABULOUS RARE DAMAGED C 1750 NEEDLELACE SURROUND W/HONEYCOMB GROUND
Size: 15.5″ x 15″
Starting Price: $40.00
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 16:17:32 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller greatlace, Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Comments: A handkerchief-sized piece of French Argentella, one of what we today call the ‘flat grounded needlelaces’. I has been cut from a larger piece into this shape. This was an Alençon innovation, probably around 1730. The lace itself is beautifully worked in very fine linen thread, one of the exceptional early 17th c needlelaces.  Note especially the ‘snowflake’ ground.  The work on this piece is exceptional, the condition is unfortunate.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Extensive adaptation of an earlier piece. Tatted edges a later addition.
Damage: Extensive, some attempt at repair. Especially serious in lower right corner.
Soilage: Perhaps white overall, might be a little brown staining in places.
Finish: Some fold creases.

   Sold for $1,762.55, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pd8vpeu Antique Belgium Brussels Point de Gaze scarf collar jabot lappet 56″x5.5″
Size: 5.5″ to 5″ x 56″
Starting Price: $249.00
Auction ends: Jun 04, 2014 18:47:26 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller ll-antiques, Montgomery Village, Maryland, United States
Comments: A narrow scarf of Point de Gaze, no raised work. Dense, romantic design with good decorative ‘mode’ fillings. I especially like the gridwork in the curved pieces at the ends.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: One small hole in mesh in the middle of the piece.
Soilage: Ecru color. Brown discoloration across the piece at the middle.
Finish: Some soft fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/pyogvc5 beautiful antique carickmacross lace shawl, appraised by Pompi parry years ago.
Size: not given
Starting Price: $30.00
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 04:28:05 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller reddolly123, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Comments: I can’t tell the exact shape of this piece, perhaps a mantilla? Muslin applique on machine net. The borders of the motifs are tamboured which would probably put this in Belgium.  Needle-run fillings stitches.  Good bold design.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Shaped and darted around the neckline.
Damage: 2 larger holes and pinholes in the tulle.
Soilage: Ecru color.
Finish: Good drape, no obvious creases.

   Sold for 49.88 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mqmo479 Antique Battenburg Lace and Linen Handkerchief and a Linen Pulled-work
Size: Duchesse – 13.5″ x 14.25″, Drawnwork – 16″ square
Starting Price: $25.00
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 07:10:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller silversheep, San Francisco, California, United States
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruges handkerchief, and a Mexican Drawnwork handkerchief. Conventional motifs in the Duchesse with some raised work.  The drawnwork is beautifully done, and I think this is a very under-appreciated lace. These pieces were imported into the US from Mexico through Texas.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: A few small holes in the Duchesse.  Drawnwork looks OK.
Soilage: Duchesse, ecru color.  Drawnworklooks clean.
Finish: Fold lines in the drawnwork, small crease in the cloth in the Duchesse. Seller says they were quickly ironed to get out bad wrinkles.

      Sold for $49.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qec5o4t Plaque Bronze UNION VALENCIENNOISE à PARIS – par DAUTEL 1907
Size: 45 mm x 70 mm
Starting Price: 24.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 07:10:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller silversheep, San Francisco, California, United States
Comments: Pierre-Victor Dautel did a number of commemorative bronze medallions, this one is in a rectangular form. It shows a supposed Valenciennes lacemaker for “l’Union Artistique Littéraire Scientifique Valenciennoise à Paris” – I have no idea what this organization did.  Dautel did another medallion with a Valencienne lacemaker, but in round form.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: The patina looks intact.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: N/A

   Sold for 41.50 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lqgcrqz EXQUISITE ANTIQUE VICTORIAN HAND CRAFTED IRISH CROCHET LACE COLLAR
Size: neckline 17″, uter edge 41″, back depth 6.75″
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 12:01:49 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller phoenixchild0, Winchester, United Kingdom
Comments: An Irish Crochet collar.  Crochet looped picots in the ground, motifs are fairly small, but tightly worked with some good raised elements.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious in the photos.
Soilage: Color looks a little beige in the photos.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for 30.90 GBP, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lkafkm6 DELICATE ANTIQUE 19th CENTURY MALTESE CREAM SILK LACE COLLAR
Size: neckline 15″, outer edge 31″, back depth 4.0″
Starting Price: 0.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 12:05:02 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller phoenixchild0, Winchester, United Kingdom
Comments: An Maltese collar – haven’t seen many good Maltese collars on Ebay lately. This one has some nice guipure work around the center with a mat of woven leaves as ground. A rather frilly plaited outer border.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: I don’t see any obvious problems in the photos. Maybe a little general wear.
Soilage: Cream color typical of Maltese silk lace.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for 19.50 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p5yu9mm ANTIQUE FRENCH CARVED MOTHER PEARL GOLD INLAY BRUSSELS ? LACE FAN CHEUB PUTTI
Size: 24.1 cm long, 46.5 cm wide
Starting Price: $3,500.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 12:07 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller vikymako, Madrid, Spain
Comments: At first glance at all the Mayflower fillings, I’d say that the lace is English Bucks. But a point ground lace like this could have been made in any places, including Spain where this fans seems to have ended up.  The MOP sticks are very elaborate, and that tends to be where the design focus of this fan is.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. Sticks appear to be OK.
Soilage:  Lace looks a little beige.
Finish: Normal fan folds.

   Unsold as of 6/7/2014 2:07 PM MST.

http://tinyurl.com/knjbb7n Antique Victorian Irish Lace, Bobbin Lace Large Shoulder Collar, Capeet, Ornate
Size: 22″ neckline, 80″ outside edge.
Starting Price: $9.99
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 17:42:37 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller stylishjunque, Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Comments: A deep Irish Crochet collar which also has insets of heavily embroidered filet net. The type of elaborate raised work on the outer large flowers is typically a French technique, and that would agree with the use of the filet. Quti3e a fine ground, not a Rose of Sharon, but close.  Overall this is quite an assemblage of styles and techniques.  I think the design would be a bit more successful without the filet, but it is an interesting piece.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  A little soiled along front edges and back.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $109.50, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/q4s76kn Antique Tambour Net Lace Shawl Figural Needle Run Flowers 102″
Size: 15″ x 92″
Starting Price: $189.99 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Jun 05, 2014 05:54 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rachels_linen, Ocala, Florida, United States
Comments: A needlerun machine net rectangular shawl. Well executed design and technique, with interesting and varied fillings.  It’s a bit of an unusual design for a piece like this, but seems to work well.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Some pinholes in the tulle.
Soilage:  A few age spots
Finish: Overall wrinkling, not bad.

   Unsold as of 6/7/2014 2:11 PM MST.

http://tinyurl.com/l9zme4q très jolie dentelle ancienne de Valenciennes : 1,35m x 7,5cm
Size: 7.5 cm x 1.35 m
Starting Price: 1.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jun 06, 2014 02:23:20 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rachels_linen, FRANCE, France
Comments: A square mesh Valenciennes border with good dense clothwork. I like the design arrangement withe the scalloped edge and larger flowers above, smaller sprigs at the top.  Nothing fussy, quite solid. Just wish there were more of it.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see ends to tell if it is cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  I think I see a little light staining along the top, hard to tell with the background color. Seller says “à laver”, I don’t know if this means it has been washed or should be washed.
Finish: Light fold creassp;d fpr es, a little wrinkled.

   Sold for 8.00 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kdg2ts6 Antique/vintage Brussels lace handkerchief
Size: 11″ square
Starting Price: 10.00 GRP
Auction ends: Jun 06, 2014 10:31:13 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruges handkerchief. Typical desig motifs, no raised work.  It does have a rather bold presence.
Provenance:  None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Several broken brides.
Soilage:  Looks clean, but has been laundered.
Finish: Seller calls it ‘soft old white’. Some small creasing in the cloth.

   Sold for 25.05 GBP, 4 bidders.