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http://tinyurl.com/p22v72v 432* SPLENDIDE GRANDE COIFFE ANCIENNE ORIGINE ALENÇON TULLE BRODÉ ÉPOQUE 19ème
Size:  60 cm circumference – measurements given are confusing.
Starting Price: 8.00 EUR
Auction ends: Oct 18, 2013 11:40:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller claude580_0, Pazy, France
Comments: Nice to see this seller back after summer vacation. A traditional bonnet from Alençon. The embroidered net used at the back of the cap is normally a local product meant to imitate Alençon lace. The pleating and shaping of the linen in this piece is remarkable – some of the stiffening has been done with a paper insert.
Condition:
Modifications:  Drawstring at the bottom of the lace missing.
Damage:  Quite a few holes in the lace capback.
Soilage:  Looks good from the photos.

   Sold for 12.61 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kwvekey CENTRI FATTI A MANO PIZZO A TOMBOLO OVALI 2 PEZZI
Size:  30cm x 21cm and 25cm x 14cm
Starting Price: 3.00 EUR
Auction ends: Oct 20, 2013 01:29:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller pinna102, Cantoniera Campu Omu, Italy
Comments: I thought these tape lace doilies were interesting with the fairly complex guipure flowers.  They resemble Idrija, but I’m guessing they are an Italian product.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  None that I can see
Soilage:  Looks very clean.

   Sold for 19.50 EUR, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kguy66l beautiful and scarce handmade Youghal lace handkerchief very good work 15in sq.
Size:  ~15″ x ~15″
Starting Price: 30.00 EUR
Auction ends: Oct 20, 2013 06:16:17 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller reddolly123, Nottingham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Youghal handkerchief with rounded corners. There is one main scrolling leaf repeated around the edge, between these are some vertical motifs that vary a little in design. There are a few variations in the clothwork, and some simple decorative fillings. The lacework is nicely done, the design isn’t Youghal at its best.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Center cloth quite worn and rather shredded. Occasional small hole in the lace, minor, and a few roken brides.
Soilage:  Looks clean – can’t spot discoloration from the given photos.

   Sold for 75.00 EUR, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kzcogaw OLD BORDER OF MALTESE BOBBIN LACE IN SILK
Size:  5″ x 65″
Starting Price: 18.00 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 20, 2013 11:38:17 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller frangipani20_2, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Maltese, medium width and a good collectible length. Alternating roundels of Maltese crosses and the sun motif. There is a mat of woven leaves and an elaborately plaited border at the top. All quite nicely worked, and I like the contrast between the smaller sun and larger crosses.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut at both ends.
Damage:  Looks intact from the photos.
Soilage:  Dark cream color.

   Sold for 18.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/lagzrog FABULOUSLY INTRICATE MALTESE BOBBIN HANDMADE COLLAR ANTIQUE LACE TRIM DOLLS
Size:  26″ neckline, 2.75″ max depth
Starting Price: $0.99
Auction ends: Oct 20, 2013 18:59:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A narrow Belgian Rosaline Perlé collar. The perls appear to be needle-made. Picoted plaited brides. The work looks nicely done, but it’s a little hard to see the overall pattern from the photos.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Nothing obvious
Soilage:  Maybe a little dark from age, and slightly wrinkled.

   Sold for $24.39, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k8onuj8 Volant de dentelle de BRUXELLES Point de GAZE époque XIXème
Size:  10 cm x (1.05 m and 1.58 m)
Starting Price: 55.00 EUR
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 05:49:24 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller florencel4670, Palaiseau, France
Comments: Two pieces of the same Point de Gaze border. The raised petal roses are rather narrowly shaped, a bit beyond the conventional more rounded petal. Interesting raised ring fillings in the roses, and I like how the flowers hang down from the top of the border.  Very dense patterning along the lower edge, and note the esprits in the ground. This is a fairly complex design, nicely done.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut in
Damage:  Seller says the
Soilage:  It’s not perfectly crisp, maybe a sign of a past washing? Hard to tell.

   Sold for 250.00 EUR, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lnatqg7 Antique Bedfordshire handmade bobbin lace handkerchief border.
Size:  13.5″ square
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 06:47:21 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: I’ve seen this particular pattern for a handkerchief in floral Beds several times.  This one has a modification in that the two leaves on each side are pointing in the same directions, not mirror images of each other. You also occasionally see this pattern with only one leaf on each side.  Well worked, nice raised tallies.
Condition:
Modifications:  No center cloth, serious cut through one side.  People do this sometimes to try and convert a handkerchief edge into a collar.
Damage:  Seller cites a few minor pulls.
Soilage:  Looks clean from photos.

   Sold for 18.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kw6sas8 Antique Honiton handmade lace Fall cap
Size:  ~10″ x 30″
Starting Price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 07:21:42 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton fallcap. Rather chaotic design. Sometimes I wonder in seeing a piece like this – we do know Honiton was made in Ireland but we don’t really know what it looked like. Some descriptions remind me of what we are seeing here, but there’s no really good way to tell.
Condition:
Modifications:  None.
Damage:  A number of breaks in the brides.
Soilage:  Seller says it needs a launder.

   Sold for 26.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k7la92v Antique Limerick black lace nice size shawl
Size:  43.5″ x 98″
Starting Price: 39.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 07:53:25 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A black embroidered net triangular shawl.  Good needlerun embroidery which could indicate Limerick. It has quite a delicate, pleasing appearance – emphasized I thnk by the lack of esprits in most of the open areas of tulle.
Condition:
Modifications:  None.
Damage:  Some pinholes, a few loose threads along the border.
Soilage:  Seller indicates that it needs a launder, I don’t see any obvious soilage.

   Sold for 58.65 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lbpod6x Antique Brussels lace handmade lovely Handkerchief
Size:  12.25″ x 12.5″
Starting Price: 24.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 08:09:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A small Duchesse de Bruges handkerchief. Conventional Duchesse motifs, nicely arranged. I wonder if the center cloth is a replacement, the grain doesn’t seem  aligned with the lace.
Condition:
Modifications:  Center replaced?
Damage:  A few broken threads. and loose brides.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean from the photos, no obvious stains.

   Sold for 41.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mstrfcv Antique Brussels needle lace handmade lovely wide length
Size:  10.25″ x 1 yard 19″
Starting Price: 39.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 08:09:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: This is quite an interesting piece. It is a very flat Belgian Point de Gaze type needlelace, minimal decorative ‘mode’ fillings. In the upper part it looks appliqued on a machine net.  Along the lower border it looks like the regular Point de Gaze mesh. Almost like it is trying to copy the ‘Herren Alençon’ style.  The design is rather architecturally vertical, and note the downward facing flowers used in the upper ground.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut on both ends.
Damage:  Small holes and pinholes in over the grounds.
Soilage:  Looks clean in the photos.

   Sold for 50.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k4c927e Antique Brussels applique handmade lace nice size pretty hat veil
Size:  20.5″ x 41″
Starting Price: 39.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 08:31:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A hat veil of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net.  A good middle-market product with a rather sparse design and minimal needlelace fillings. The motifs are a little large and slightly loosely worked. It does have a nice, light appearance.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Occasional pinhole in the machine tulle and some tiny pulls.
Soilage:  Looks clean in the photos.

   Sold for 39.99 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/l9w523s Antique Brussels handmade bobbin lace lovely length
Size:  8″ x 1 yard 27″
Starting Price: 59.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 08:54:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruges border, fairly wide.  Good raised work against halfstitch clothwork, and the motifs are well drawn and tightly worked.  Good sweeping romantic design of a large swag cradling lots of scattered flowers. Well done flowers in between the repeats.  Simple unpicoted plaited brides. Altogether quite a pleasing design.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Seller cites some minor pulls.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean from the photos.

   Sold for 195.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mzd8wmh Antique Brussels bobbin handmade lace lovely large Fan Leaf
Size:  28.5″ wide, lace 8″ deep?
Starting Price: 49.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 21, 2013 09:33:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A fan leaf of, well, I’ll call it Duchesse, but it almost me of Rosaline techniques. Maybe a Ghent product? Just goes to show how interestingly varied the Belgian bobbinlaces can be.  The 5 petaled buds around the edges are nicely done, note the window in each petal. I like the unusual grid-like fillings in many motifs. The design is pretty scattered, and I’m not sure I like all the very small motifs combined with the larger ones.  Quite an intriguing piece.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Seller cites some minor pulls. Loose spots in some of the fillings.
Soilage:  A few stains center top.

   Sold for 63.75 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kto2ycc Antique Early Flemish handmade lace long and wide length…….collector
Size:  8.5″ x 3 yards 20″
Starting Price: 59.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 14, 2013 08:55:33 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: I think this is a Flemish 19th c product. It has a simple edge border, and the motifs are a bit lightly worked and rather standard in design.  6-pointed star ground, and there are no photos of the backside so you can’t tell if threads are carried over from the ground. It almost looks like the design is split lengthwise down the middle, but I think th’s just an illusion.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut on the one end I can see. Engrelure attached.
Damage:  Seller cites some pulls in the ground.
Soilage:  Faint age marks

   Sold for 108.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/lztt7bh Antique/vintage applique tape lace hat veil
Size:  15.5″ x 43″
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 14, 2013 12:55:49 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A hat veil of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. The work is quite light with rather thin motifs, but still nicely done. Some large sprigs are arranged in the upper ground.  A nice middle-market product.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  None that I can see from the photos, tulle looks in good shape
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

   Sold for 16.45 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/m33v5nd Antique Bobbin Lace Hanmade Collar Frontal Trim
Size:  38″ neck edge, 4″ deep at back
Starting Price: $59.99 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Oct 14, 2013 15:57:26 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller smketer2, Cupertino, California, United States
Comments: A collar of Duchesse de Bruges.  Long front points, and a separate narrow border added around the neck as a frill. No raised work, conventional motifs, irregular picoted plaited brides.
Condition:
Modifications:  Extra piece added around the neck to give a standup frill
Damage:  None that I can see from the photos.
Soilage:  Some darkening around neck edge.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/mtq8mqv Heavenly Antique Victorian Hanmade Point de Gaze Lace Stole/ Bridal Veil
Size:  21″ x 100″
Starting Price: $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Oct 14, 2013 15:57:26 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller chantillydreams, Mount Sinai, New York, United States
Comments: A rectangular scarf of bobbinlace and needlelace applique on machine net. Note the raised petal roses in Point de Gaze at the ends. The rest is bobbinlace applique, with some simple needlelace accents.  Little rings used as esprits extensively in the tulle ground. Interesting design, nicely done.
Condition:
Modifications:  None.
Damage:  None that I can see from the photos.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean.

   $297.98, 13 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/kp4co4b Antique Brussels applique lace long length
Size:  8″ x 3 yards 12″
Starting Price: 24.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 16, 2013 09:10:40 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net.  No needlelace that I can see.    Motifs are a bit large, note also the rings used as esprits in the round.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut on one end at least.  Looks like it was removed from something, stray threads at the top.
Damage:  Some pulls and pinholes in the net, especially at the top edge.
Soilage:  Seller says it could use a light launder.

  Sold for 82.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/mpnpsre Antique Brussels lace with point de gaze handmade lovely collar
Size:  13″ neck edge, 5.5″ center back
Starting Price: 29.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 16, 2013 09:09:10 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A collar of Brussels Duchesse with long front points. 3 inserts of Point de Gaze with raised petal roses.  Conventional pattern, note the scalloped edges. Some raised work on halfstitch background in the bobbinlace.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Minor pulls in the bobbinlace, a number of small holes and pinholes in the Point de Gaze mesh.
Soilage:  Seller says it could use a light launder.

   Sold for 33.20 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/kpclcy9 Antique Irish Crochet long and wide length
Size:  13.5″ x 1 yard 33″
Starting Price: 24.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 16, 2013 09:34:34 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Irish Crochet in a kind of Rose of Sharon pattern, but each element is enclosed in a horseshoe.  9 layers of this pattern, rather unusual. I always like to see Irish Crochet used as a textile.
Condition:
Modifications:  Cut on both ends.
Damage:  Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage:  Seller says it has minor age marks.

   Sold for 31.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k3q5mj5 Ventaglio antico in pizzo di Bruxelles-Brussels lace fan-Eventail-Abanico
Size:  21 cm long
Starting Price: 69.00 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 16, 2013 11:53:43 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller experience1919, Padova, PD, Italy
Comments: A small fan of Point de Gaze with raised petal roses. A lot packed into a relatiely small space.  Some nice large areas of decorative ‘mode’ fillings. Mother of pearl sticks embossed with silver and gold.  It all goes together quite nicely.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  A number of pinholes, and several well done repairs with Point de Gaze mesh stitch. There’s one closeup of a repair, but you can see other patches that look similar in the larger photos (the repair thread is very fine, but whiter than the original).  Stick looks in good shape.
Soilage:  Looks slightly brown in the photos.

   Sold for 247.00 EUR, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/n6v83r2 Antique/vintage silk Maltese lace collar
Size:  18″ neckline, back depth 7″
Starting Price: 14.95 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 16, 2013 11:59:09 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Maltese collar, 3 layers, with deep points.  Alternating sun and cross motifs on the outside.  Rather thin, oval woven leaves and guipure crosses in the middle.  Vertical ‘wheat ear’ leaves along the neckline. The work looks a little more open than other Maltese pieces of this construction I’ve seen.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  Looks a little worn along the outer edge and in the neckline.
Soilage:  Looks pretty clean from the photos.

   Sold for 33.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k2s4fwv Antique Brussels lace with point de gaze lovely Handkerchief
Size:  18″ neckline, back depth 7″
Starting Price: 54.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 16, 2013 06:01:52 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse handkerchief.  The ovals in the corners contain a flat Point de Gaze, rather unusual design. Just a simple flower surrounded by some thin looking almost like a laurel wreath, and a few lines of decorative rings serving as leaves.  The bobbinlace has conventional Duchesse motifs, note the deep points going into the center cloth at the ends.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  A few pinholes in the Point de Gaze mesh, occasional broken bride.
Soilage:  Looks quite clean in the photos.

   Sold for 100.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/k88dhke NINETEENTH CENTURY BELGIUM BOBBIN FLOWER LACE FAN MOTHER OF PEARL STICKS
Size: 11.25″ long, 21.25″ wide
Starting Price: 285.00 GBP
Auction ends: 3 days 18 hours from 10/13/2013 2:27 PM MST
Offered by: Ebay seller fluzyflapper, midlands, United Kingdom
Comments: I feel like I should know what this lace is, but I just can’t place it. Will have to hit the books on this one. The thread looks silk, but I’m not sure. Rather simple design of flowers sprayed against a ground that looks quite modern. The motifs have both half and whole stitch but not a lot of gimp work.  The ground crosses with 2 pair with I think just a whole stitch – photos not close enough to tell exactly. I’m thinking it might be Maltese  Mother of Pearl sticks.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  One tear at the upper edge, maybe some smaller ones, but otherwise looks good.
Soilage:  Looks a little brown, but that might be an original cream color.

   unsold as of 10/18/2013 7:25 MST.

http://tinyurl.com/lx5rq6f Antique/vintage 19th century white embroidered net lace scarf/shawl – wedding
Size: 12.5″ x 65″
Starting Price: 24.95 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 17, 2013 11:22:08 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular scarf of embroidered net. The embroidery looks needlerun, very closely done with a heavier thread.  This gives it an appearance almost like appliqued cloth.  The tulle is like that white heavy supple stuff you often find in English work.
Condition:
Modifications:  None
Damage:  One small repair and some pinholes.
Soilage:  Looks very good from the photos.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/n4f5qxr Beautiful Antique Handmade Lace Flounce-Point de Gaze
Size: 10″ x 112″
Starting Price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Oct 17, 2013 12:02:30 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: A long, fairly wide Point de Gaze border,  high end market. The petals in the raised petal roses have decorative windows, sign of a better manufacturer. Typical 2nd Empire romantic design, lots of flowers and swags.  Elaborate decoration in the centers of some roses, the ‘modes’ in the swags are good, but not particularly inventive.  An impressive piece, in a good, collectible size.
Condition:
Modifications:  No closeups of the ends, but I don’t think they are cut.
Damage:  Some small breaks in the mesh
Soilage:  Overall cream color with localized yellow marks.

   Sold for 260.00 GBP, 11 bidders.