Ebay Alerts! Eighteen items – July 10, 2011

Posted on July 10, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/3ntjjvl EXQUISITE 19THC.BRUSSELS SHAWL W/POINT DE GAZE
Size: 23″ around neck, 108-110″ circumference, 30″ wide
Starting price: $45.00
Auction ends: Jul 12, 2011 07:56:47 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Very good Duchesse de Bruxelles shawl. No picture of the entire thing laid flat, but it looks sort of semi-circular. And it’s difficult to get a sense of the whole design, or to see if anything has been pieced together (the neckline looks a little odd, but not enough photos to tell anything). Needlelace roses have several layers of raised petals and very naturalistic form. Work on all parts is excellent. Few stains and openings, overall good condition.

   $910.00, 9 bidders, Reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3q6df8a Beautiful Ant.Handmade Lace Collar/Bertha-Point de Gaze
Size: lace 6 to 6.5″ deep, diameter 24″
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 12, 2011 12:00:12 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: Very good Point de Gaze bertha. some roses have a double layer of petals – note the small windows in the petals. Needlelace fillings are pretty much limited to rows of rings within motifs. An effective design – not too crowded. A few small holes in the net, seller cites 2 small repairs at the neckline – otherwise seems in very good condition.

   sold for 235 GBP, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3q8j8rm ANTIQUE LACE-WHITEWORK HANDKERCHIEF
Size: ~11.5″ square
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Jul 13, 2011 06:58:08 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Very good whitework handkerchief with needlelace ‘jours’.  These little fillings are of the same type used by French needlelace workers, hence the interest to the lace collector.  The slightly padded embroidery is quite good on this piece. There are some holes and weaknesses in the cloth, unfortunate, but not too bad.

   Sold for $113.60, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/433fdvc Exquisite 1900s Needle Lace Tablecloth POINT DE VENISE
Size: 64″ x 246″
Starting price: $4,500.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Jul 13, 2011 08:43:17 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller gb-best, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: Very large Venise tablecloth. Needlelace motifs are fairly large and closely worked, although the overall design is not very sophisticated. The urn, flowers, and leaves are appropriate for the scale – not sure I’d like eating my dinner with all those naked ladies around the border. With a piece like this one always has to decide between Belgium, Italy and China. I can’t see enough of the edge treatments of the motifs to guess Belgian. I think probably Italy, but China is a possibility. Some age spots and occasional yellowing, a few broken brides. Overall very good condition. Tablecloths like this show up fairly often on Ebay, but this one is notable basically for its size.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/3nqyy7k Antique BRUSSELS DUCHESSE Handmade LACE LAPPET
Size: 3-3/4″ x 41″
Starting price: $39.99
Auction ends: Jul 13, 2011 17:04:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller highdesertgirl, edgewood new mexico, United States
Comments: ‘Lappets’ of Brussels bobbinlace appliqued on machine ne, 2nd half 19th century. The separate lappets of the 18th and early 19th centuries are now joined together in a single piece. I like the separate bobbinlace free edge around the piece.  Very small, delicate design.  Condition appears very good – I can’t see any problems. Nice piece.

   Sold for $43.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3lc2j2m BRUSSELS DUCHESSE Handmade LACE Wedding HANDKERCHIEF
Size: 12.5″ square
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Jul 13, 201117:09:50 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller highdesertgirl, edgewood new mexico, United States
Comments: Handkerchief with Duchesse border, no needlelace enhancements. Only one broken bride that I can see. Simple design.

    Sold for $36.78, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3qb84p4 Vintage SILK MALTESE TRIM or EDGING 3.5″ wide x 71.5″
Size: 3.5″ x 71.5″
Starting price: $29.99
Auction ends: Jul 13, 2011 17:14:51 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller highdesertgirl, edgewood new mexico, United States
Comments: Good long insertion of silk Maltese. Alternating design of a square grid of leaves and the St. John’s cross. Looks in very good condition, I can’t see any damage.

   Sold for $66.30, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/644chv7 ANTIQUE Elegant BRUSSELS DUCHESSE Handmade LACE COLLAR
Size: 6.5″ wide at neck, 48″ total length
Starting price: $39.99
Auction ends: Jul 13, 2011 17:24:40 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller highdesertgirl, edgewood new mexico, United States
Comments: Very good Duchesse collar. No needlelace that I can see, so I’d put it more in the Bruges category. Maybe two broken brides – very good condition.

   Sold for $68.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6ev7m5s Antique BLACK Handmade TENERIFE LACE SHAWL Scarf VEIL
Size: 26″ X 52″
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Jul 13, 2011 17:34:45 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller highdesertgirl, edgewood new mexico, United States
Comments: Black mantilla headscarf, can’t tell what kind of thread. Not much variation in the roundels. There are no ‘palmate’ motifs that would indicate Nanduti, so this could have been made anywhere. Seller cites a few places around the edge with loose threads, but overall very good condition. An interesting piece.

   Sold for $49.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/6kpgpto ANTIQUE LACE-LOVELY ROSALINE LACE COLLAR
Size: 3.25″ x 23″
Starting price: $195.00
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 06:39:56 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Very good Rosaline collar with finely worked motifs and heavy raised rings. I assume the rings are needlelace, but not 100% sure.  The piece is a bit more advanced than the typical Rosaline Perlè. Condition appears excellent, I can’t find any damage.

   Sold for $195.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/62quxsl 1860 LOVELY PT DE GAZE LACE FALL CAP RARE FORM
Size: 10″ at widest, 42″ long
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 10:44:50 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Very good Pont de Gaze fallcap with prominent lappets. AThe needlelace fillings basically go around the outer edges in a series of rings, and roundels second layer in from the outside. The rest is filled with raised flower on point de gaze ground, no raised work. Slight damage to the net in the center of the headpiece, otherwise very good condition.

   $176.00, 7 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/6xfex4a 1890 LAVISH DESIGNS PT DE GAZE & DUCHESSE LACE COLLAR
Size: 5″ max width, 46″ long
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 10:45:00 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: If you missed the piece that sold on June 16, 2011, http://tinyurl.com/6zjjpn3, you have another chance.  This one is from a different seller, and although the design is EXTREMELY similar to the other one, they are not exactly the same. This one has a bit more ground in the inner areas of the design, and also includes some Duchesse leaves at the tips and sides. The other one is all Point de Gaze. Quite a coincidence.  Condition looks very good, I can’t see any damage.

   $256.01, 6 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/68g27dt 1890 LAVISH DESIGNS PT DE GAZE & DUCHESSE LACE COLLAR
Size: ~5″ max width, 44″ long
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 201110:44:52 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Beautiful combination of Duchesse and Zele needlelace. The needlelace has a heavier appearance than typical point de gaze, and a thicker, more defined edge. It’s one of my favorites. And interesting design combination – I almost wish the entire thing had been the Zele lace.  Some spots, one damaged flower center, otherwise good condition.

   $122.50, 9 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/65fz4mb ANTIQUE DUCHESSE LACE JABOT STYLE COLLAR
Size: 5.5″ at widest, ~24″ total length
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 10:44:54 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Bruges Bloemwerk neckpiece. Condition is a little stained, but I can’t find any real damage.

   $24.99, 1 bidder, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/658orhq ANTIQUE GRACEFUL BURANO ITALIAN LACE LARGE COLLAR
Size: ~7″ x 42″
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 10:44:57 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: I wish the seller would stop showing white lace on this light brown manikin – make everything look a little dingy. Would help a lot if the pieces were spread out so you can see the whole thing at once.  Good wide Burano collar, seller says it’s a bit yellow. No damage that I can see.

   $127.50, 6 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/6b2n3x4 ANTIQUE SNOW WHITE BRUSSELS LACE BERTHA COLLAR
Size: 5″ wide, ~72″ long
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 10:45:02 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Good bertha of Bruges Bloemwerk. Seller cites one broken bride, otherwise very good condition.

   $104.50, 4 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/6d684gs ANTIQUE SWEET DUCHESSE LACE COLLAR W/PT DE GAZE
Size: 7″ wide, ~38″ long
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 10:45:05 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Interesting wide collar of Duchesse – more on the Bruges side. Heavily raised needlelace jours in the centers of various flowers. Note the half stitch worked into the cloth of the leaves and petals – really gives them some depth. The string of flowers around the neckline looks a bit funny, almost an afterthought. Not enough closeups of that area to tell anything.

   Sold for $203.49, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5vrns9m Antique Mixed Brussels Lace Collar FINE & EXQUISITE!
Size: 15.5″ X 11.25″
Starting price: $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 18:15:17 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kouleegirl, Chagrin Falls, OH, United States
Comments: Dress front of an interesting bold Duchesse design. Note the square mesh in the ground of the larger motifs. There isn’t much variety in the motifs, but I like the combination. Maybe a little too large scale for this kind of item.  Condition looks very good, I can’t see anything wrong.

   Sold for $10.50, 2 bidders.

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Ebay Alerts! Fourteen items – July 7, 2011

Posted on July 7, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/3uab9c6 ANTIQUE BRUSSELS PT. De GAZE LACE BIRTHA COLLAR
Size: 43″ outside, 14″ wide at deepest point
Starting price: $69.99
Auction ends: Jul 09, 2011 14:08:26 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller rlbantq, Lansdale, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: ‘V’ shaped collar of Brussels Duchesse – bobbin motifs with needlelace inserts. Nice naturalistic design and good technique. Some of the needlelace is integrated directly with the bobbinlace – no reseau ground. No raised work that I can find, which pupts it more ont he Bruges side. Very good condition, I think I see a few small brown spots, but nothing serious.

   Sold for $280.00, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3qh73ru ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 17THC, ITALIAN BOBBIN LACE BORDER
Size: 3.5″ X 49″
Starting price: $150.00
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 08:40:01 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Lively design with a Milanese feel, 2nd half of the 17th century. I would expect a more elaborate border top and bottom in Milan, but it varied a lot. The repeats are intact, with a bobbin-made ground. A few broken threads, minimal damage.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/424yx42 ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 17-18THC. MILANESE LACE
Size: 4.5″ x 35″
Starting price: $85.00
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 08:41:00 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Late 17th – early 18th century Milanese border. The tape is rather narrow and design in fairly simple. It has a plaited ground square ground, 4 threads/side. Some holes in the ground, and the piece is a little short

    Sold for $85.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3p9rl8k ANTIQUE LACE-PRETTY LACE BORDER
Size: 1.5″ X 58″
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 08:42:39 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: A good long length,seller cites a few small openings and some age spots. I’ll call it Point de Paris, for lack of any better idea.

   Sold for $21.50, 2 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3z92548 ANTIQUE LACE- BOBBIN LACE
Size: 2.25″ X 99″
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 08:44:02 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Hmmm. Could be Bucks or Point de Paris – but I’m thrown by the filling. I’d expect more of a honeycomb from Bucks. Very straight edge; I’ll guess Point de Paris. Design isn’t very good, but the combination Kat stitch and point ground is nice. Good length too. I can’t see any condition issues.

   Sold for $19.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3sxeypa ANTIQUE LACE- MECHLIN LACE
Size: 3″ x 32″
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 08:53:25 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Good shorter length of later 19th c Mechlin. Typical flower and sprig design. Has some condition issues –  some pulls in the ground, few tiny holes, some fraying on the lower edge in spots.

   Sold for $36.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4ypm9c8 ANTIQUE BRUSSELS LACE FLOUNCE CIRCA 1880S, 250CM X 40CM
Size: 40 cm x 250 cm
Starting price: $150.00
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 13:26:25 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller klaraanna2006, Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Comments: Brussels bobbinlace application on machine net. A few tiny needlelace fillings and rings. Design rather thin, not a very exciting pattern. But the net looks in very good shape and that counts a lot in this kind of lace. And it’s long. Seller cites 2 repairs, hard for me to spot.

   Sold for $204.49, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3bo9wu4 LG HM Antique Vtg IRISH CROCHET LACE High Neck Collar
Size: 18″ x 20″
Starting price: $29.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 18:08:37 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Interesting ‘Irish Crochet’ collar. Has an Art Nouveau look, with the coarse and fine ground that is associated with Orvietto. I have no idea if it actually is Orvietto – t his combination in this kind of collar isn’t all that rare. Looks in very good condition.

   Sold for $153.50, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3c8xlbq LG HM Antique Vtg IRISH CROCHET LACE High Neck Collar
Size: 4.5″ wide, 40.5″ around neckline, 76.5″ outside edge
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 18:10:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Good Duchesse collar – probably more of a Bruge Bloemwerk due to the lack of raiswork and the gimp outline to the motifs.  Don’t know about the color because it’s been photographed on a red background. Minor defects, some spots and occasional broken thread.

   Sold for $141.16, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3p5tpm4 HM Antique BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE Flounce 88in
Size: 9″ x 88″
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 18:12:16 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Wide border of Brussels Application, primarily bobbin motifs on machine net. A few small needlelace fillings in the flowers, and some Needlelace roses along the lower border. Lovely design. A few small breaks in the net, some age discolaration, but overall very good condition.

   Sold for $436.99, 12 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3toa9v7 LG HM Antique Vtg IRISH CROCHET LACE Collar Capelet
Size: 10.5″ wide, neckline 17.5″, outer edge 73″
Starting price: $29.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 18:12:46 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Wide collar of Irish Crochet with bold motifs. Raised rings in the centers of the motifs. Single picots on the brides, along with a few clusters of double crochet recalling early IC designs. Age discoloration and spotting, some frayed threads and a few broken brides, nothing serious. Looks warm.

   Sold for $92.32, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3mf7w2x ANTIQUE LACE-SMALL BRUSELS HANDKERCHIEF
Size: 9.25″ square
Starting price: $45.00
Auction ends: Jul 11, 2011 08:30:54 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Handkerchief with Point de Gaze border, one layer in the raised rosepetals. Note the windows in the raised elements. Needllace fillings are very nicely done, and I like the attachment to the center cloth. Overall it’s not an exciting design. Few spots, otherwise very good condition.

   Sold for $73.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3vdgln6 Lot de trois coussins à dentelle
Size: not given
Starting price: 20.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jul 11, 2011 08:30:54 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller 79benoit, Grez-Doiceau, Belgique
Comments: Lot of three very interesting Belgian pillows. Unfortnately no closeup details, but the all seem to be on wooden bases.  Look in good, usable condition. Quite an unusual find.

   Sold for 81.50 EUR, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3txptah ANTIQUE LACE-C. 19THC. BLONDE LACE
Size: 35-36″ X 2.5″, excluding net.
Starting price: $65.00
Auction ends: Jul 11, 2011 16:38:37 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: It’s unusual to find Blonde in good condition and this looks like a very nice piece. A few small openings in the net. Seller mentions one hole, but I’m not sure where it is.

   Sold for $65.00, 1 bidder.

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Ebay Alerts! Sixteen items – July 3, 2011

Posted on July 3, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/3p2ly8l 1880 CHANTILLY LACE TELESCOPING PARASOL CREAM SHAFT
Size: 25″ long, top diameter 17″ when open
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Jul 04, 2011 13:07:28 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Seems like a very small parasol. Nice ‘sunburst’ design, relatively simple in keeping with the small space.  The lace is in relatively good shape considering the wear it must have seen. Some damage at the top point, occasional hole elsewhere.. Lots of damage to the silk lining – guess that took the wear and protected the lace.

   Sold for $177.50, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3sno7fd Lovely Antique Handmade Lace Collar-Point de Gaze
Size: ~24″ diameter, 6.25″ deep
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 05, 2011 12:05:11 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: Duchesse de Bruxelles – Duchesse motifs with Point de Gaze inserts. Bobbinlace has good raised work and half-stitch shading. Needlelace inserts has what looks like 2-layered raised rose petals.  Some broken brides and small  holes in net. In pristine condition this was probably quite impressive, now it looks rather worn. Especially around the neck edge.

   Sold for 56.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3myem6d **LARGE ANTIQUE IRISH CROCHET COLLAR c1900. EX. COND.**
Size: 8″ at deepest, 34″ neckline, 58″ outside edge.
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 05, 2011 14:15:15 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller vintagemodes, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Comments: Good Irish Crochet collar, with looped daisy motifs, fan leaves, and a kind of irish shaped flowerhead. Single picots on the brides. Lots of raised rings at the centers of the flowers.  Looks in very good condition, and not deadly white like bleached pieces tend to be. It’s been well taken care of.

   Sold for 103.00 GBP, 5 bidders

http://tinyurl.com/437p2eq ANTIQUE 18C SQ MESH HM VALENCIENNES BOBBIN LACE RARE
Size: 1.75″ X 13″
Starting price: $195.00
Auction ends: Jul 05, 2011 17:19:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller twist-in-time, Philadelphia / DFW, United States
Comments: I’m a great admirer of this kind of lace – mid 18th c round hole Valenciennes, made in France. This piece is quite short, unfortunate. It has also had a separate picot edge sewn along the bottom – don’t know if one could recover the original edge if this were removed.  This was often done in the 19th century to ‘revive’ older laces and give them a sharper edge.  The design on this piece is not terribly sophisticated – doesn’t have the really well-done ‘line-drawing’ effect that makes this work so special. A good study piece.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/3n5tsn2 Antique BRIDAL Wedding ALENCON NEEDLELACE Handkerchief
Size: 10″ square
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Jul 05, 2011 19:04:58 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller miladyslinens, Sunny in Gardiner, Maine, United States
Comments: Only one corner of this small handkerchief has lace – and it is Alençon. Probably a later 20th century piece, nice fillings. Not the greatest design ever made. Note the horsehair in the picots. The size of the piece was a definite trend in Alençon as the lacemakers have tried to retain the tradition in the face of disappearing supplies of thread and little commercial interest.

   Sold for $24.99, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3lturx3 Beautiful Vintage Cream Maltese Lace Fringed Shawl VGC.
Size: 59″ x 27.5″ plus 3″ fringe
Starting price: 19.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 06, 2011 13:04:40 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller 7786roger, Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Triangular Maltese shawl with dense leaf motifs.  Fringe is unusual. Not entirely sure how the fringe length is measured.  Very good condition, I can’t see any damage.

   Sold for 48.98 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/445dvqu antique lace pillow, point de gaze Brussels bruges
Size: none given
Starting price: $150.00
Auction ends: Jul 07, 2011 13:07:25 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller collector1978, Geel, Belgium
Comments: Good Belgian pillow. Side and rear drawer look in very good shape. These were normally stuffed with wool, and covered with canvas. The lacemaker would add another colored cloth on top.  This is a single piece pillow, not the two-part design where an additional piece could be moved to the bottom to give the bobbins extra room before moving everything to the top.  Looks in good shape, and just as the lacemaker left it.

   Sold for $150.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3qtwzzj Exquiste Vintage Irish Crochet Lace Collar & Insert
Size: collar 27″ long, 5″ at widest. cuff 9″ x 4.5″
Starting price: $80.00
Auction ends: Jul 07, 2011 16:23:49 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller 6355elizabethk, Sunshine State, United States
Comments: Collar and what appears to be one cuff of Irish Crochet. I like the sold parts int he main rose with the looped edging in the flower center. Some raised work, and the picots look like little loops. And interesting set. Seller cites a few breaks in the net, but I can’t find them.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/43rs973 ANTIQUE BRUSSELS NEEDLEPOINT LACE WEDDING HANKIE HANKY
Size: 14″ square
Starting price: $225.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 09:31:07 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller astimegoesbye, Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Comments: Belgian needlelace handkerchief – point de gaze type, somewhat loose in texture. No raised work, no interesting fillings. I’m not wild about the way the linen was attached. But elaboration here isn’t really needed – it’s actually a pleasing looking piece, with very minor condition issue.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/3slmh9d SUPERB HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE *77″
Size: 3-1/3″ x 77″
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Jul 10, 2011 18:02:18 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, Hickory, North Carolina, United States
Comments: Compare this Point de Gaze length with the previous handkerchief. They both have their merits. This length has raised petal roses, and fillings used primarily to define the roses. It’s a fairly conventional design and a good example of the standard product. Very minor condition issues.  77″ is a good length for a piece like this.

   Sold for $400.00, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3bph5lv VICTORIAN HONITON BOBBIN LACE BERTHA COLLAR
Size: 46.75″ X 8″
Starting price: 85.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 11, 2011 00:14:21 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kimsucadi, Wokingham, Berkshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Impressive looking piece when viewed alltogether – nice dense design in – an English flower garden. Nice tight work in the motifs, and definitely not the ‘slugs & snails’ approach to design. This is a very nice higher quality piece. I don’t see any damage in the photos, and the seller isn’t too specific about condition. Some photos look taken from the backside.

   Sold for 85.99 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3mbdmwa Antique Belgian Bruges flower bobbin lace bedspread
Size: 78.75″ x 80.75″
Starting price: $400.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: about 13 days
Offered by: Ebay seller kinky500, Limburg, Belgium
Comments: Big, bold, I like the pattern and overall look. Could be a table cover. Looks like Bruges Bloemwerk. We are really into the category of linens here rather than lace for clothing.  It does what it needs to do quite nicely. I don’t see any damage.

http://tinyurl.com/3n64fp5 ANTIQUE EXQUISITE SILK MALTESE LACE TABLECLOTH
Size: 1.4 yards square
Starting price: $250.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jul 27, 2011 08:17:39 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller silkexpert, Central, Texas, United States
Comments: More in the linen category.  Big cloth, probably for the table, although the dimensionality of the massed leaves isn’t too conducive to tableware.  It could also be a shawl. An impressive looking piece, although the design is not very complex.  Trivial condition issues.

http://tinyurl.com/3hce9dd ANTIQUE BLACK CHANTILLY NET LACE CAPELET SHAWL VEIL
Size: ~40″ X 22″
Starting price: $142.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jul 28, 201113:33:08 PDT
Offered by:Ebay seller twist-in-time, Philadelphia / DFW, United States
Comments: I don’t think it’s a bonnet veil, even with the ribbon threaded through the straight edge. The overall design is a bit ornate for a bonnet veil – they usually have an elaborate border and a more transparent body. And the scalloped edge would also be unusual. Unfortuantely the seller doesn’t show the whole piece flat to get an idea of the overall design.   What I can see looks very interesting, and condition appears exceptional.

   Sold for $142.00, Buy-it-Now.

http://tinyurl.com/3mlx52s ANTIQUE HANDMADE BRUSSELS DUCHESSE BOBBIN LACE TRIM 2Y+
Size: 3.25″ x 2 yds 3″
Starting price: $250.75 Buy-it-Now or Make an Offer
Auction ends: Jul 29, 2011 21:24:25 PDT
Offered by:Ebay seller twist-in-time, Philadelphia / DFW, United States
Comments: Very good pieced Belgian bobbinlace – I wouldn’t call it Duchesse. More like a fine Bruges Bloemwerk. Looks in very good condition. Seller has some information on where it was purchased.

http://tinyurl.com/3p9ltj7 Antique LACE 16 pc Set Point de Paris Placemats Naps
Size: 8 napkins 18″ square. 8 placemats 11″ x 16.75″
Starting price: $1,075.50 Buy-it-Now or Make an Offer
Auction ends: Jul 29, 2011 21:24:25 PDT
Offered by:Ebay seller vintageblessings, Beautiful Star, Idaho, United States
Comments: Table linens again. The Point de Paris edgings appear shaped to go around the mat corners. Napkins only have a single corner piece. All nicely hemstitched. Seems not to have been used.

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Ebay Alerts! Nine items – June 30, 2011

Posted on June 30, 2011 by lacenews

 http://tinyurl.com/6264exy very pretty brussels lace hanky badly marked.
Size: not given
Starting price: 12.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 01, 2011 10:23:57 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller reddolly123, nottingham, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Comments: Not sure why the seller is so down on this piece, I think it’s quite nice, and stains should come out well with a proper laundering. Seller cites a few small pinhole in the net, but I can’t find them from the photos. It’s a flat Belgian needlelace, no raised rose petals, no ambitious needlelace fillings. But the design is good and it works well.

   Sold for 51 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5uo29xr HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS LACE Wedding Veil Shawl Stole
Size: 22.5″ x 110″ (I think there’s an error in the size in the listing)
Starting price: $99.99
Auction ends: Jul 03, 2011 18:05:44 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Good scarf of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. Design gets more complex at the ends. Looks like needlelace is limited to lots of fillings, rings, and something representing stamens in the flowers.  Nice reaised work on the bobbin motifs. Looks in very good condition, I spot a hole here and there, some separation of the motifs, age discoloration, but nothing really serious.

   Sold for $315.00, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6x3mef5 19THC FINE HAND BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE BERTHA COLLAR
Size: 74″ outer circumference, 6″ wide
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 04, 2011 13:07:38 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Duchesse bertha, good dense design. Some raised work in the leaves, I don’t see any needlelace. Seller cites one broken bride an even age discoloration.  Otherwise very good condition – looks impressive.

   $182.50, 6 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3gxd84l 19THC PRETTY BRUSSELS LACE ON NET WEDDING VEIL OR STOLE
Size: 18″ x 80″
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 04, 2011 13:07:44 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: I don’t think this is Belgian. I think it’s Honiton, based on the shape of the motifs, the type of net used for the applique, and above all, the extensive bobbin fillings. And it’s quite a nice one. Seller cites a few spots, but overall very good condition.

   $89.00, 5 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/3czusjj ANTIQUE LOVELY DENSE BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE COLLAR
Size: ~3.5″ x 48″
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 04, 2011 13:07:47 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: What a great piece, takes the prize for today. The design looks like a collar has been folded back around the neck, and the Duchesse motifs are interesting in a conventional standard. I don’t see any needlelace. A few age spots, but no damage that I can see.

   Sold for $175.00, 5 bidders

http://tinyurl.com/3nk864y ELEGANT BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE LG SCALE DESIGN COLLAR
Size: 52″ around bottom edge, 10″ at the widest point.
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jul 04, 2011 13:07:56 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Very good deep collar of bobbinlace more like Bruges Bloemwerk than pur Duchesse. Very well made, large flowers and leaves with halfstich shading. Brides and fillings delicately done.  Looks in very good condition, I can’t see any damage.

   Sold for $375.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3hkct79 MID 19THC FRENCH CHANTILLY FASCINATOR SHAWL
Size: 15″ at widest, 108″ long
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Jul 04, 2011 13:08:02 PDT
Offered by: Carolyn Forbes, Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Good deep collar with lappets of Chantilly. The main collar seems to be all there, but is oversewn with a Chantilly flounce around the edge. Probably a Belgian piece, I’ve seen illustrations in books like Kellogg’s “Bobbins of Belgium” like this. Several tears, and seller says the piece is dry and fragile.

   Sold for $130.29, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3hl4rur ANTIQUE CREAM IRISH NEEDLE LACE HANDKERCHIEF SHAMROCKS
Size: 11.5″ square
Starting price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 05, 2011 10:45:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller abfabs05, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Comments: Handkerchief border is of Carrickmacross applique on machine net. Lots of shamrocks, exuberent design and typical looped border. It has a stiff look to it as though it’s late 20th century. Nicely worked and very good condition – only one small hole in the net.

   Sold for 22.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3we5rd3 Antique Vtg Lux Needle Lace Wheels Lace Maker / Bobbin
Size: 6 cm diameter
Starting price: 1.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 05, 2011 13:00:26 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller leggysal, Hampshire, United Kingdom
Comments: An extremly rare piece – I’ve only seen one other. This is a Teneriffe lace wheel that was included in a box of Lux powered soap as an advertisement. It promoted the claim that lux was so gentle you could wash your fine lace in it.  The construction is quite unique, imagine two pie plates put back to back, and holes drilled around the rim. Pins go into the holes and the foundation thread is woven back and forth between these points.  It’s a little hard to explain.  I don’t know the date, maybe 1930’s? Front condition is OK, but otherwise a lot of rust.

   Sold for 9.50 GBP, 5 bidders

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Lace Exhibition: The Hapsburg Imperial Bridal Veil – “Wedding Belles”, Hillwood Museum, Washington DC, June 18, 2011 to January 1, 2012

Posted on June 29, 2011 by lacenews

The Hapsburg Imperial Bridal Veil
By Karen Thompson, volunteer, Textiles, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.
Also, see: http://blog.americanhistory.si.edu/osaycanyousee/2011/06/the-finer-details-of-the-hapsburg-imperial-bridal-veil.html

The spectacular Austrian Imperial Bridal Veil was made for the wedding of Princess Stéphanie of Belgium and Austro-Hungarian Crown Prince Rudolf in Vienna in 1881. (Photo courtesy National Museum of American History)

The center back of the veil is decorated with the coats-of-arms of Belgium and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Twenty-one coats-of-arms, graduated in size, form a garland along the sides and lower edge of the veil. On the right side of the central coat-of-arms of Belgium, the lion, are the coats-of-arms of the provinces of Belgium: Antwerp, Brabant,  West Flanders, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liége, Luxembourg, Limburg and Namur. At the upper end the coat-of-arms of Brussels is added to bring the total to ten to balance the left side, where the border of the veil is embellished with the coats-of-arms of ten of the Austro-Hungarian provinces (Herrschaften): Bohemia, Old and New Hungary, Lombardy and Venice, Galicia, Austria under the Enns, Salzburg, Transylvania, Styria and Carinthia, Moravia and Silesia, and Tyrol. Illyriahas been omitted to balance the design. The coats-of-arms of Brussels (St Michael with the dragon) are located at an angle on both sides, inside the border.  The central part of the veil is covered with elaborate ferns, lilies, roses and other floral motifs on the gossamer fine ground powdered with the tiniest of dots. The portion that covers the head is enhanced with a pattern of small, delicate rosebud motifs.  The entire veil is bordered with a beautiful array of lace flowers.

(Belgian Coat-of-arms. Photo by author.)

Handmade lace rarely shows the date and place of construction, but worked in needle lace at the sides of the veil’s central Belgian lion motif are “Bruxelles 1880” and “Léon Sacré”. Queen Marie Henriette had commissioned Léon Sacré, a famous Brussels lace merchant in the 19th century, to have the veil designed and made by the best Flemish needle lace makers for her daughter’s wedding. Stéphanie writes in her Memoir  I Was to Be Empress, 1937, London: Ivor Nicholson & Watson:  “My mother devoted herself indefatigably to the preparation of my trousseau, which was to be as complete and costly as possible.”

The veil is 100 inches wide and 123 inches long (8⅓ feet by 10¼ feet or 2.5 meters by 3.1 meters) and constructed entirely in variations of tiny buttonhole stitches made with a needle and very fine 2-ply, S-twisted cotton thread. The Flemish lacemakers made about 28 stitches and 33 rows per square inch in the open ground between the motifs and 88 stitches and 102 rows in some of the denser parts. It is a beautiful tribute to their lace making skills. “For months the girls and women of Flanders had been busying their nimble fingers in the preparation of masterpieces of lace, intended for their Princess”, writes Stéphanie. The approximate size of the cotton thread used is 180/2 or about 80 threads in one centimeter (315 threads in one inch) if you place the threads snuggly side by side.

Princess Stéphanie of Belgium and Crown Prince Rudolf of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were married in Vienna on May 10, 1881 when Stéphanie was barely 17 years old. Princess Stéphanie: “My wedding dress, made of heavy silver brocade, was a marvel of beauty, with garlands and silver roses embroidered on the long train. A veil of Brussels lace, a gift from the town of Brussels, was fastened by a diamond brooch. Myrtles and orange-blossoms were interwoven with the magnificent diadem which Emperor Franz Josef had given me. I wore, too, the Order of the Star and Cross. It was fastened to a plastron sparkling with diamonds, once worn by Empress Maria Theresa. In my hand I held a beautiful prayer book, its binding made of exquisite lace.”  No close-up photos of the wedding dress with the veil have been located.

Rudolf and Stéphanie had a daughter Elisabeth Marie, born in 1883, but no son who could become heir to the Hapsburg throne. Stéphanie and Rudolf’s marriage was unhappy and ended with his suicide at Mayerling in 1889. Archduke Franz Ferdinand then became heir to the Hapsburg throne, but his assassination in 1914 in Sarajevo precipitated World War I and the end of the Hapsburg Empire. Seven hundred years after Rudolf I founded the Hapsburg Empire in 1218 the last Hapsburg emperor was deposed in 1918.  The new Austrian government confiscated all Hapsburg property, making life difficult for Princess Stéphanie and her daughter Elisabeth. To pay for living expenses the women likely sold personal belongings, including the Hapsburg Imperial Bridal veil.

Mrs. Marjorie Merriweather Post, then Hutton, bought the lace veil in ca. 1925 for the wedding of her daughter Adelaide.

But: From whom? exactly when? and how much did she pay?

An article in the Needle and Bobbin Club Bulletin in 1925 describes “…the wedding veil of Hapsburgs, worn by three unhappy brides of that household”…   This is questionable, and probably stems from incorrect information given to Mrs. Post when she bought the veil. According to the provenance given to the Smithsonian with the veil in 1964: “The Austrian Imperial Bridal Veil, known as the Hapsburg Lace, being the wedding veil of point de Bruxelles on a ground of cobwebby point d’Aguille, which veil was made in Belgium during the Eighteenth Century and presented to Isabella of Parma on the occasion of her marriage to Emperor Joseph II in 1760, and was subsequently worn at various Imperial weddings.”

It is correct that the veil was made in Belgium of Brussels needle lace “point de Bruxelles… point d’Aguille”. However, this type of needle lace, currently most commonly known as “point de Gaze” was not made until the middle of the 19th century, and the date 1880 is incorporated into the lace along with “Bruxelles” and “Léon Sacré”. Moreover, the central motif is the Austro-Hungarian coat-of-arms used from 1867 to 1918. The Hapsburg veil was made for Princess Stéphanie in 1880. Their daughter Elisabeth Marie of Austria could theoretically have worn it at her wedding to Otto Weriand of Windisch-Grätz on Jan 23, 1902. But it was sold before anybody in the next generation was married.

Marjorie Merriweather Post’s oldest daughter Adelaide Brevoort Close (1908-1998) wore the veil over a short dress and a long train at her January 19, 1927 wedding to Thomas “Tim” Welles Durant in New York. The veil was fastened with small clusters of orange blossoms at either side of her head.  Mrs. Post donated the veil to the Smithsonian Institution in 1964. It is currently on temporary loan to the Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens where it can be seen in an exhibit of wedding fashions worn by the Post family from 1874 to 1958. See: http://www.hillwoodmuseum.org/exhibitions/WeddingBelles/Exhib.html Wedding photos and a short silent movie of the 1927 wedding are included in the exhibit.

The Austrian Imperial wedding veil has been on display several other times since Mrs. Post bought it. The Bobbin and Needle Club displayed it with laces and jewels in Pierre Cartier’s galleries at 653 Fifth Ave, New York during the third week of Nov. 1925. From there it went to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY during December 1925 and part of January 1926. (Needle and Bobbin Club Bulletin”, Vol. 9, #2, 1925)

From May to November 1980 the bridal veil was exhibited with Belgian Lace at the Renwick Museumin Washington, DC.   And the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York borrowed the veil for a display from June to November, 1982. Hillwood exhibited the Hapsburg veil from 1986 to 1990. From June 7, 2001 to January 20, 2002 the Musées Royaux d’Art et d’Histoire Bruxelles (Brussels Art and History Museum) displayed the veil with other Belgian wedding laces from the 19th through the 21st Centuries. (Coppens, Marguerite, La Mariée…Princesse d’un jour, Elke bruid is een prinses)  After the current display at Hillwood, the veil will return to the Smithsonian Institution, American History Museum, where a portion of it may be seen during monthly behind-the-scenes lace tours.  Please call 202-633-3826 to sign up.

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Administrative: Fire

Posted on June 27, 2011 by lacenews

Update 7/1/2011

Speculation is that we will be able to return to our homes on July 4th, but that is still only a guess. My deepest thanks to everyone who has written, your support is greatly appreciated! About 10,000 evacuees are now spread around the area, and all we really want is for our firefighters and emergency personnel to stay safe, and to know just how much we appreciate their efforts.
Laurie

Fire
Watching the fire from my back yard on June 26th.  It started that same day at ~10 AM – when a tree fell on a power line in the Jemez. I had gone to lunch with friends, when the sky was perfectly clear. When I came back home around 1:30 there was an enormous plume of smoke.  We evacuated on June 27th. By the time it was fully contained on August 3, 2011, the Las Conchas fire had burned over 150,000 acres making it the largest wildfire ever in New Mexico state history.

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Ebay Alerts! Twenty-three items – June 26, 2011

Posted on June 26, 2011 by lacenews

My apologies for the length of this piece. I would have divided it more evenly with last Thursday’s post, but it was so hot that my computer rebelled and refused to go further. I dragged the A/C into the office today and managed to finish.

http://tinyurl.com/5w58wye ANTIQUE LACE-FINE EARLY MILANESE LACE
Size: ~78″ x 6.5″
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 27, 2011 08:25:49 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Milan, 2nd half of the 17th century, the irregular ground in these laces are some of the earliest attempts at mesh grounds. This piece has a lot of similarities with figure 202 in Levey’s “Lace, A History”.  The top edge looks a little funny – crowded and one leaf might not all be there., wonder if it was cut. Can’t really say for sure. Milanese laces usually have quite bold edge treatment, but photos on this piece aren’t close enough to tell. It’s a wonderful piece.

  $56.00, 2 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/6757evr ANTIQUE LACE-101″ OF HONITON LACE
Size: ~101″ x 3″
Starting price: $35.00
Auction ends: Jun 27, 2011 08:35:07 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Narrow Honiton ‘slugs & snails’ border. Conventional design, good condition with a few minor openings. But it is really long.

   Sold for $35.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/68bddzs CIRCA 1860’S, 215cm, 85″WIDE BRUSSELS LACE FLOUNCE
Size: 85″ x 21″
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 27, 2011 11:36:09 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Wide Brussels application border – bobbin and needlemade motifs on machine net. Looks in very good condition – with pieces like this  you have to pay close attention to the state of the net. Design is OK, small dots int he net indicate a little extra effort. The motifs themselves are pretty standard, and there aren’t any ambitious fillings.  But the condition of this piece looks very good.

   $428.00, 7 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/5wurozp EXQUISITE 19THC. BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE
Size: 16″ X 557″
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 27, 2011 12:41:48 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: This piece was featured on LaceNews back in March http://tinyurl.com/6ergksz – failed to sell at $510.00. I usually note relistings on the original LaceNews post, but this one is so outstanding that I want to make sure people don’t miss it.  An outstanding piece. Bid high.

   $435.00, 8 bidders, reserve not met

http://tinyurl.com/5wurozp Swedish Bobbin Winder for Lace Making GAJ Sweden
Size: ~8″ long and 5.5″ high
Starting price: $129.00
Auction ends: Jun 27, 2011 17:25:17 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller swedegirl0,ORSA, Dalarna, Sweden
Comments: Swedish bobbin winder of the Mattson & Mora type, which later became G. Andersson. The name on the gear plate the logal of Glimåkra, the Swedish weaving company. The form with the appropriate adapter is more normally used to wind weaving bobbins. They have a web site at http://www.vavsked.se/eng/index.html, but I can’t find the winder in their current equipment list.

   Sold for $129.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/6x627sg Antique FRENCH LION FIGURAL HANDMADE LACE Crown Crest
http://tinyurl.com/6at5tnr Antique FRENCH LION UNICORN FIGURAL HANDMADE LACE Crest
Size: Belgian lace measures 11.5″ x 12″
French lace measures 11.5″ 12.25″
Starting price: $23.00 on both
Auction ends: Jun 27, 2011 18:47:51 PDT
Jun 27, 2011 18:45:39 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller 84hidprl2x, Stow, Ohio, United States
Comments: Two needlelace depictions of the Belgian and French coats of Arms. I think these are Belgian, looks like Zele work.  Aside from a broken bride here or there, they look in good condition Seller does note a few repairs. Both are framed – watch the glass in shipping. It’s tempting to call something like these ‘War Lace’, but we don’t really know when they were made. But the quality is quite good. Both pieces I think are a lot whiter than they appear in the photos against the brown mat.

 
Left: sold for $294.00, 6 bidders.
Right: sold for $289.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/697le44 EXQUISITE 19THC.IRISH CROCHET LACE COAT W/PROVENANCE
Size: 42″ long
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 06:12:12 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Irish crochet coat from the estate of Dr. Dorothy Dean – has further provenance. The piece is a lively combination of small motif material and large motif (French?) flower accents.  I like the cut very much, almost a kimono style. Few small openings and minor spots.

   $1226.23, 8 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/688f59e 19THC GRACEFUL BURANO HAND LACE HIGH NECK COLLAR
Size: 14.5″ long, 8″ deep at point.
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends:Jun 28, 2011 07:08:08 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Impressive looking piece of Burano needlelace. I like the quality of the fillings in the pomogranite motifs. Probably had cuffs in the original set.  A few spots, no breaks or holes that I can see.

   $123.52, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/6hh2zkh 19THC IMPRESSIVE HAND BRUSSELS LACE WEDDING VEIL/SHAWL
Size: 34″ x 118″
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 07:08:10 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller heartnsoul1, NEW ENGLAND, United States
Comments: Large Duchesse de Bruxelles shawl. Not enough detail in the photos to get a really good look at the entire piece, so it’s hard to determine the pattern, or if it was cut down or assembled from some other piece. Also can’t really see the the edge finishing. The design is very dense and it’s photographed to give quite an airy appearance. It does have a needlelace star filling at the centers of the daisy-like flowers. The petals of the flowers are interesting, not just a ‘sunburst’, but with some twists and overlaps.  I don’t see a lot of the typical Duchesse raised work – more on the Bruges side with just a heavy gimp and a little loose in the clothwork. Condition looks very good, but I’m having a little trouble forming an overall opinion on this piece.

   Sold for $1,800.00, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5ura2rs ANTIQUE LOVELY HONITON LACE HANDKERCHIEF HANDWORKED 19c
Size: 11″ x 11″
Starting price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 08:49:47 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller abfabs05, East Anglia, United Kingdom
Comments: Honiton handkerchief – large center part kind of overwhelms the lace. The lace itself is snails&slugs, but I like the little row of tallies around the edge. Gives it all a kind of Maltese look. Very minor defects, in fact I’m not sure I can see what the seller is talking about in the 2nd to last photo on the listing. Overall, it’s a nice little piece.

   No bids.  Relisted as #290582369852, Buy-it-Now GBP 19.99.

http://tinyurl.com/5w34j2w BEAUTIFUL LARGE IRISH CROCHET COLLAR. SUPER DESIGN.
Size: inside neck ~21.75″. Deepest depth 8″.
Starting price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 08:57:05 PDT
Offered by:  Anne Fortesque, Ebay seller georginanntiques, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Good Irish Crochet collar with scalloped edges – note alternating motifs in the points. I like the overall design. Single picots on the brides, can’t tell if they are Clones knots. Rised rings in the centers of the 6-petal flowers. Overall an effective design. Looks in very good condition, seller says it is very white. Maybe bleached? Who knows.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/648pzkg LOVELY HONITON LACE HANDKERCHIEF HANKIE. THISTLES ROSES
Size: ~13 inches square
Starting price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 09:05:55 PDT
Offered by:  Anne Fortesque, Ebay seller georginanntiques, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Honiton handkerchief with a good, deep edge of lace. Small inked initials in one corner of the cloth. Border of roses, thistles, roses and shamrocks inside. A few loose fillings and a bit wrinkled, but overall very good condition. It’s got that kind of ‘thrown together’ look in snails&slugs design that can be charming or really awful. I think it works rather nicely in this piece.

   Sold for 22.01 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6jd9dfm VERY PRETTY HONITON LACE COLLAR. BEAUTIFUL FINE QUALITY
Size: inside neck ~22.5″, depth in center ~4″. 13.5″ across.
Starting price: 14.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 09:10:54 PDT
Offered by:  Anne Fortesque, Ebay seller georginanntiques, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Honiton with a needlelace reseau. I really should know more about this form of collar – sometimes they are called ‘dress fronts’, and the large part goes at the front. Makes sense – sailor collars are for children. Opinions are welcome. Odd choise of background for the photo – photographing white lace on light backgrounds always brings out every defect. But it gies this one a nice, light feeling, and it does seem to be in very good shape (maybe a repair or two in the ground if you look closely). Still in the slugs&snails phase, but much more half stitch than in the handkerchief this seller is also offering. Along with the ground, it has a lot less dense feel.

  Sold for 24.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6b7yjrq Fine Quality Antique Handmade Lace Collar-Point de Gaze
Size: ~25″ diameter, 6.5″ depth
Starting price: 10.49 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 12:00:25 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: Very good Duchesse de Bruxelles bertha. Good raised work in the bobbinlace, and the needlelace roses are more innovative than the typical raised petal ones. The needlelace and bobbinlace roses are also effectively combined and contrasted. Interesting use of needlelace fillings along the inside edge. A good, dense design that speaks well for this kind of lace. Minor defects.

   Sold for 124.00 GBP, 12 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6brkero 16THC ANTIQUE PULLED HOLBEIN DRAWNWORK SILK LINEN LACE
Size: 9″ x 34″
Starting price: $1,800.00
Auction ends: Jun 28, 2011 17:43:54 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller twist-in-time, Philadelphia / DFW, United States
Comments: I wish seller would put up a large photo of the entire piece – it’s hard to deduce the entire thing, especially the edge finishing from the fragments shown. This is an important piece. Look at Elisa Ricci’s “Old Italian Lace”, figures 16, 17 and 19 to see other examples. It’s really a pulled thread embroidery, with the rectangular mesh whipped over in red silk. The elaborate designs are typical of embroideries of the 16th century, and can sometimes be found in early pattern books. Many authors, looking for the origins of lace in this time cite this as a predecessor, but I think it’s a bit of a stretch. The contemporary Italian drawnworks like Punto Tirato a Tela Sfilata created a mesh from overcasting the lattice left from pulling threads out of the work. I had the opportunity to analyze both these types of work from examples in the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, and the red silk overcasting is quite different from that used for the linen drawnworks .  Pulled work in the regular mesh hit rather a dead end with this kind of work, and was revived in the 18th century with the magnificent Dresden white pulled embroideries.

   Sold for $1,800.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/6yocoux Antique Irish Crochet Lace Collar -Gorgeous
Size: 7″ x 36″ x 62″ (width, diameter, circumference, I suppose)
Starting price: $125.99
Auction ends: Jun 30, 2011 12:58:35 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller kittytoesnme, Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Comments: I hope this piece is whiter than it looks in the photos, and the focus is rather fuzzy. This has a lot of the same elements as the piece featured in LaceNews in April http://tinyurl.com/5rb34pm. It’s taken me a long time to learn to love Irish Crochet, and one of my aims is to look at enough examples so they can be put in some kind of order as to date and manufacturer. That’s why I have so many on the Ebay Alerts. This one has a little damage, some separation on one corner. The motifs are varied and abstract – pinwheels, what looks like an iris shape, trefoils, buds, incorporating some raised rings and ovals. Design is quite crowded, and the edges more complex that usual. Single picot brides.

   No bids.
Relisted as #160612618034, same price.

http://tinyurl.com/6h38l82 Antique Winter Bridal Handkerchief -Fine Bobbin Lace
Size: 13″ x 13″
Starting price: $125.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jun 30, 2011 around 6PM PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller vintageblessings, Beautiful Star, Idaho, United States
Comments: Very traditional Honiton design in the snails&slugs period. Looks in very good condition, and overall quite white – may indicate cleaning and bleaching at some point. I can’t see any damage.

   Sold for $125.00 Buy-it-Now

http://tinyurl.com/67erj5j Vlaams aardewerk DENTELLIERE  grès signé numéro
Size: 16 cm high, base 6.8 xm x 12.4 cm
Starting price: 19.99 EUR
Auction ends: Jul 01, 2011 12:59:06 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller scrapterminal11, Bornem, Belgium
Comments: Flemish pottery lacemaker marked ‘Made in Belgium’, with some numbers. I have one of these in my collection, same size, but some different colors – green shirt instead of blue. I’d guess this is a more modern piece. I don’t see any damage on this one from the photos given.

   Sold for 76.50 EUR, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6aak3uz OUTSTANDING UNUSED ANTIQUE SILK IRISH CROCHET COLLAR
Size: 21″ DEEP AT THE BACK, 15″ WIDE
Starting price: 39.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 02, 2011 05:21:25 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller PBUR3053, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Comments: Silk Irish Crochet is unusual, and to find one on the original backing with some kind of information on origin is really rare. Levey cites Hayward’s commissioning of ‘Royal Irish Guipure’ in the 1880’s, made of silk in imitation of Gros Point. I’m not sure I could convince myself this is a copy of the Venetian lace, but it does have some raised elements. Condition looks very good, and I might even imagine I see a few needlelace stitches in the centers of the motifs. Which is even better. The paper backing is probably not doing it any good, but it’s lasted this long…

   Sold for 46.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6bl8b26 Antique Fan lace MOP sticks gold / silver pique L@@K
Size: 9.5″ long when folded, 17.5″ wide when open. I guess.
Starting price: 250.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jul 02, 2011 09:54:16 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller gertjanvanveghel2009, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Comments: This fan comes with a box. Duchesse, no raised work, with point de gaze inserts. Some damage to the needlelace reseau.  Lace is pretty ordinary. Sticks are nice.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/6l5dupt LA40 Vtg H/M Italian Point Plat de Venice Lace 2.5×40″
Size: 2.5″ x 40″
Starting price: $195.00 Buy-it-Now or make offer
Auction ends: Jul 03, 2011 09:08:10 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller lois437, Michigan, United States
Comments: This is one of those mystery pieces. It doesn’t look like an Italian ‘point de Venise a reseau’ of the later 18th century – the mesh is wrong. I also don’t think it’s an Italian plat point, remade later to add the reseau – the finish is wrong. And it looks like cotton, not linen, but I’d have to get it under the microscope to check. The edges are pure Irish – but again that could have been added later. Maybe it’s a 19th c Irish piece? Another possibiilty is a remade early English piece – the openness of the clothwork might indicate that.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/6ec4nas LA11 Vtg Handmade Belgian Chantilly Bobbin Lace 5 yd +
Size: 5 yds, 25″ x 2.25″
Starting price: $180.00 Buy-it-Now or make offer
Auction ends: Jul 23, 2011 14:23:41 PDT
Offered by:  Ebay seller lois437, Michigan, United States
Comments: This piece comes with documentation dated 1916, although no detailed information is giving in the listing. A very long chantilly border – looks in overall good condition from the photos given.

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Ebay Alerts! Six items – June 23, 2011

Posted on June 23, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/6b3qagp Irish crochet collar c 1920
Size: 5″ deep, 17″ neck edge, 42″ outer edge
Starting price: 25.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 26, 2011 00:15:06 PDT
Offered by: Stephen Lunn, Ebay seller lunnantiques, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Good collar of Irish crochet. The horseshoe design with the small raised rings is quite an early design.  Normally you see it in borders, so the scalloped collar form is a bit unusual. Looks in very good condition, I couldn’t spot anything from the photos.

   Sold for 25.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/62lc76b ANTIQUE LACE- EARLY BRABANT LACE
Size: 35″ x 7″
Starting price: $29.99
Auction ends: Jun 26, 2011 05:29:21 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: The term Brabant is confusing. It is now generally used to indicate a large motif rather coarse Belgian pieced bobbinlace of the mid 18th century (see figure 270 in Levey’s “Lace, A History”). The assumption is that these pieces originated outside the refined centers such as Brussels. Even though the actual province of Brabant (which has had its boundaries changed thoughout history) now contains the city of Brussels. We would like to discourage the use of the term and encourage more research as to exactly where these pieces came from.  They probably were made in this region, but it would be nice to try and get away from the ‘city vs poor country cousin’ attitude. This particular piece has a refined design, and has a lot of similarities to the Levey example.  It is a bit short, and condition is not the best – wear, a few small holes, and one seam.

   Sold for $102.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/67amy7c Vlaams aardewerk – Dentellière – Grès des Flandres
Size: base 19 cm x 9 cm. height 21 cm
Starting price: 95.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jun 26, 2011 05:29:21 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller vetpoes2, Wilrijk, Belgium
Comments: Flemish pottery lacemaker, looks in very good condition. Unfortunately no closeup photos.  I think it’s by Pieter Jozef Laignel 1898-1929.  Size is quite large for this type of figure. See the LaceNews article at https://lacenews.net/2010/10/06/collecting-flemish-pottery-lacemakers/.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/6lg6eu4 Orig Thüringer Klöppelsack Klöppelkissen Klöppelständer
Size: total height 86 cm, I think…
Starting price: 1.00 EUR
Auction ends: 26. Jun. 2011 18:25:28 MESZ
Offered by: Ebay seller lillian1998, Boxberg, Deutschland
Comments: This stand is getting a lot of preliminary interest. Seller states it is from the German state of Thuringia. The stand has nice turned elements. It almost looks like the top part comes off and can be used as a shorter stand.  Not entirely clear, there aren’t enough detailed photos. As I translate it, the seller says the top is ‘moveable’ and the height is adjustable. Looks in very good condition.

   Sold for 70.00 EUR, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/68genl9 Antique Irish linen lawn tablecloth – Honiton lace
Size: total 50″ square, lace is 5.5″ deep.
Starting price: 19.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 26, 2011 12:21:49 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller linen-cupboard, Crawcrook, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Comments: I would call this lace a good quality Belgian pieced lace, more a Bruges technique. The motifs are quite large and suit the function very well. It is a straight length cut to fit the corners, but the join is nicely done.  Looks in very good condition. Seller says she has hand washed it.

   Sold for 77.00 GBP, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5r8ontd SUPERB Antique Vtg BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE Collar
Size: 5.5″ wide, 39″ neckline, 82″ outside edge
Starting price: $49.99
Auction ends: Jun 26, 2011 18:22:58 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Bertha of mixed bobbin and needlelace. the bobbinlace is more a Bruges variation of Duchesse.  Design is pretty standard, condition looks very good – only minimal defects noted by seller.  I wish people wouldn’t photograph lace on red backgrounds, makes it very hard to tell the true color. This piece looks much whiter when shown on the manikin.

   Sold for $190.50, 7 bidders.

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Ebay Alerts! Fourteen items – June 19, 2011

Posted on June 19, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/3njkb2g HM Antique Vtg BRUSSELS LACE Flounce *DOLLS *60in
Size: 3.25″ x 60″
Starting price: $12.99
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 18:05:28 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: A pretty border of Brussels Application on machine net. Good qualitywork even though the design consists of two alternating motifs. A few spots, age discoloration, but I don’t see any damage in the photos.

   Sold for 176.50, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/69otzsc 19TH C LONG HAND MADE BRUSSELS NEEDLE LACE COLLAR
Size: 5.5″ wide at back, 50 inches around neckline
Starting price: $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 20, 2011 19:00:31 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller JAMIEXMAS*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruxelles variation. Bobbinlace motifs are above average in design for this kind of lace, and have some raised work in the veining. Needlelace is limited to some reseau and ring fillings inside bobbinlace motifs. Nice, unusual piece. A little damage to some of the needlelace net, a few broken brides, but overall good condition.

Sold for $108.50, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5t5w3xk BEST! 19TH C ECRU HAND MADE POINT DE GAZE DRESS COLLAR
Size: 14.5″ around neckline, 4.25″ center back, 6.25″ along front edges
Starting price: $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 20, 2011 19:04:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller JAMIEXMAS*, Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: Nicely designed later 19th c Belgian needlelace collar. No raised work – it has more of a Zele feel with the closer clothwork. I see maybe two small holes (seller says there are 3), otherwise very good condition. Don’t know what the seller means by ‘fine silk net ground’. Looks like a very good cotton to me.

$75.00, 7 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/65oa8er * Pretty 19thc Narrow IRISH CROCHET LACE COLLAR *
Size: 3″ maximum width
Starting price: $9.99
Auction ends: Jun 21, 2011 11:45:05 PDT
Offered by: Josephine A Rosenthal, Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester., Worcs., United Kingdom
Comments: Good narrow Irish Crochet collar. Nice dense raised work in some motifs, double layer outline in some flowers.  Looks in very good condition.

   Sold for $16.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6lxdx6g Antique Brussels wiith Point de Gaze lovely Fan leaf
Size: 12″ around lower edge x 5.75″ wide
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 22, 2011 09:45:35 PDT
Offered by: Lynda Perkinl, Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Duchesse de Bruxelles fan leaf. Good larged double raised petal roses in the needlelace. The bobbinlace doesn’t have any raised work, seems a bit on the Brugges sides. Fairly conventional design.  Very good condition, I don’t see any problems. Seller cites a few minor pulls.

   Sold for 78.85 GBP.

http://tinyurl.com/69g4uxt Fabulous Antique Handmade Needle Lace Flounce
Size: 84″ top, 93″ bottom, 16″ wide
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 22, 2011 12:00:31 PDT
Offered by: Lynda Perkin, Ebay seller discover4, London, United Kingdom
Comments: I don’t like to gush in these postings, the sellers do enough of that just in their titles. But this Point de Gaze piece is really nice. Double layered rose petals, with some interesting windows in the toilé.  I like the fillings, nicely done with some innovation. Good grid of rosettes in the ‘D’ shaped motifs.  Flowers include poppies, and maybe bleeding hearts? Seller cites a few breaks in the net, and some repairs.  Note, seller washed the piece, but gives no details on how that was done. That information would be important in a piece like this.

   Sold for 760.00 GBP, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6h76to5 #85 Large Piece of Antique Black Chantilly Lace
Size: 48″ x 19″
Starting price: $0.99
Auction ends: Jun 23, 2011 19:41:43 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartstrings, Gurley, AL, United States
Comments: Normally I’d pass something like this by, but I think it is really interesting. Damage is bad, and you can barely tell anything from the photos. But I’m guessing that it’s a Le Puy guipure. Designers like Jean Chaleye in the early 20th century would have come up with something like this, really pushing the technical boundaries. I love the spiderweb ground. These heavier black silk guipures are badly underappreciated.

   Sold for $26.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6kvvfov Attractive Antique Large Maltese Lace Shawl-60″ x 60″
Size: 60″ x 60″
Starting price: 9.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 24, 2011 12:00:19 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller baraud, Newton Abbot, United Kingdom
Comments: Maltese? shawl – unusual for the large square shape. The work is also a bit thin, which sometimes leads people to think this may be a French piece.  Someone needs to look into this. Seller says there is one long and a few smaller repairs, and a few small holes and broken brides.

   Sold for 91.00 GBP, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5ro95f9 ITALIAN BOBBIN LACE Ca 1570
Size: 35″ x 3.1″
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 25, 2011 15:00:46 PDT
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London. England, United Kingdom
Comments: Early plaited bobbinlace. This was in the “450 Years of Lace” exhibition at the Allhallows Museum in Devon. Ex coll. Jane Page.  It resembles the designs in the Nüw Modelbüch published in Zurich in 1561, but I can’t find an exact match. That’s what collectors of early laces like to do – find a match in an early pattern book. Hard to say where this was made, Italy is a good guess.  The very dense plaiting is typical of Italan insertions, and there was a substantial amount of finishing done to get it to look that way.  But you must beware, these patterns have been worked extensively through the years, and without a definitive provenance, it’s hard to date these things. It is a lovely piece, in very good condition.

   Sold for $460.77, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5w7h9pv RARE ENGLISH DEVON BOBBIN LACE LAPPETS ca 1780
Size: each 24″ x 4.75″ to 3.5″
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 25, 2011 15:20:50 PDT
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London. England, United Kingdom
Comments: Great set of mid 18th century lappets. Dense pattern with good bobbinlace fillings. Vrai droschel surrounds all motifs, tied into the motifs – this is not an applique. The design  includes some small birds and butterflies.  I’m not sure why the seller calls these English – Belgian is certainly an option. They look in great condition, only very minor pulls in the ground. I’m thinking they might be cut a bit short – the ends are ragged but it’s hard to tell if anything is missing from the design.

   Sold for $976.77, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/6bfkktp BRUGES BOBBIN LACE HANDKERCHIEF 19th CENTURY
Size: 14″ square
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 25, 2011 15:35:42 PDT
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London. England, United Kingdom
Comments: Good Belgian pieced bobbinlace handkerchief – Given the raised work in the motifs I’d call it Duchesse. It’s hard to work something like this fine enough to make a good presentation for the form. No needlelace that I can see. Condition looks very good, I can’t see any problems.

   Sold for $137.50, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/5rp5zsz ENGLISH BEDFORDSHIRE BOBBIN LACE WITH BEADS
Size: 140″ X 2″
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jun 25, 2011 16:30:51 PDT
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay seller eastayton, London. England, United Kingdom
Comments: Beaded Beds borders come up for sale now and again, and frankly, I don’t know where they come from or how to date them. When you do see it discussed, it’s usually in connection with French laces.  So buyer beware on this one, it might be a very modern design. It does have a kind of Art Nouveau look, and I’d be interested if anyone has any information.

   Sold for $180.00, 4 bidders

http://tinyurl.com/5t2nuw5 MERAVIGLIOSO COLLO IN POINT DE GAZE
Size: 120 cm x 15 cm. Not sure what the 120 cm refers to.
Starting price: 299.99 EUR Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jul 14, 2011 11:20:23 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller ELIAS*123, Boro, Italy
Comments: Good bertha of Point de Gaze. The more open roses have a very nice naturalism. The work is good, condition is great. The design isn’t too ambitious, but it’s a nice example of Belgian needlelace in this form.

   Did not sell. I think.

http://tinyurl.com/6bm6hze ANTIQUE IRISH CROCHET LACE BLOUSE 3D FINE DETAIL EXC
Size: top of collar to bottom of bodice, 23″ along the back; to the waist, 18″. Neck ~13″ aorund. Sleeves 25″ from top of shoulder. Waist ~26″. Bust from underarm seams ~26″.
Starting price: $485.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: Jul 17, 2011 08:31:53 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller twist-in-time, Philadelphia / DFW, United States
Comments: These highly 3-D crochet works are often French. I like the combination of the simpler disk design material with the high relief on top. A few separations in the seams and some small breaks, but overall good condition.

   Sold for $485.00 Buy-it-Now.

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Ebay Alerts! Eleven items – June 16, 2011

Posted on June 16, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/3bqy2vk SCIALLE IN PIZZO BURANO VENEZIA (OPERA D’ARTE)
Size: 190 cm long
Starting price: 799.99 EUR Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: Jun 17, 2011 12:39:20 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller elias*123, Boro, Italy
Comments: Burano needlelace shawl that looks in excellent condition.  The design is fairly simple, flowers on the border with sprigs in the ground. A lovely piece.

  Best offer accepted. 799.99 EUR? Not sure.

http://tinyurl.com/3tnsphy Youghal (Point d’Irlande) needle lace c1870
Size: 9 cm x 21 cm (the 21 cm can’t be right – I bet it’s more like 210 cm)
Starting price: 95.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 18, 2011 02:58:37 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lunnantiques, London, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Good Irish Youghal border, interesting design of flowers and leaves for such a narrow width. It has the typically elaborate Youghal scalloped footside, and a kind of 5-sided bride ground with one picot per bar. I see one minor hole in the photos, otherwise looks very good.

   Sold for 95.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3szl2ac Pair Irish crochet cuffs c1920
Size: each 5.5″ x 11.5″
Starting price: 24.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 00:55:08 PDT
Offered by: Irish crochet cuffs with lively design of pinwheels, trefoils and buds. Seller states cream color. I can’t see any damage.

  sold for 24.00 GBP, 1 bid.

http://tinyurl.com/4yzgps2 ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1800’s ALENCON LACE
Size: 73″ x 1.75″
Starting price: $35.00
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 06:08:11 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Narrow border of Alençon, early 19th c. A simple design, and the reseau has survived pretty well- just a few small holes. Nice picoted ring fillings int he border motifs.

   Sold for $42.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3e4ropt ANTIQUE LACE-EARLY WIDE BOBBIN LACE BORDER
Size: 48″ X 4.5″
Starting price: $150.00
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 06:20:20 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: This has the look of Italian bobbin laces from the Abruzzi region – see plate 312 in Ricci’s Old Italian Lace. At least that’s my guess. The examples in Ricci sometimes show a more elaborate edge than the strait line of picots, and the ground is often more of a 5-hole variation. But there are enough similar examples to make this a possibility. Probably 19th c.

   Sold for $150.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3n7v7nx ANTIQUE LACE-FINE HONITON LACE
Size: 55″ X 5.5″
Starting price: $55.00
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 06:27:34 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Border of Honiton lace, combining both a guipure and a grounded pattern. Can’t tell if the ground is needlelace or a point ground. It’s a very funny assembled piece, almost ‘battenberg’ type tapes enclosing Honiton snails/slugs motifs. Condition looks  good, I can’t see any damage from the photos given.

   Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/3uemyuq ANTIQUE LACE-C. 1900, IRISH CROCHET BERTHA COLLAR
Size: 38″ x 6.5″
Starting price: $95.00
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 06:44:16 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Not sure what the 38″ measurement refers to. Hard to tell if this is the size of a bertha. I like the heavily raised petal roses, and  interlaced strapwork at the back. Design is a little dense, but it works. Condition looks very good, seller says it needs a wash.

   Sold for $95.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/3uculm8 ANTIQUE LACE- FLEMISH PILLOW LACE
Size: long piece is ~61″ x 5″
Starting price: $35.00
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 06:59:11 PDT
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London-New York, United States
Comments: Again, this has the look of Italian bobbin laces from the Abruzzi region – see part 8 in Ricci’s Old Italian Lace.  This one has more of a fond chant ground.  Some stains, few small openings.

   Sold for $58.00, 3 bidders

http://tinyurl.com/3t6lvqa Granny Peddler Lace Maker Doll-by Hallbell Engalnd
Size: none given
Starting price: $9.99
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 17:37:14 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kbsica, Suburban Philadelphia, Pa., United States
Comments: Custom order lacemaker doll, one of two made.  I’m intrigued by the 25 ‘cloissonne’ bobbins.  Not entirely sure  what is going on with the lace, but it is interesting.

   Sold for $12.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3nwkl7k HM Antique Vtg SILK MALTESE LACE Collar Dress Front
Size: ~11.5″ x 18.5″, inside edge 30.5″
Starting price: $19.99
Auction ends: Jun 19, 2011 18:11:50 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller adtjmd, RED VELVET BENCH, United States
Comments: Interesting Maltese collar with spoked wheel design, flat areas of tallies, Maltese crosses and leaves.  Looks in very good condition.

   Sold for $71.99, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/3peffyl Irish crochet collar c 1920
Size: 5″ deep, 24″ around neck, 46″ around outer edge
Starting price: 30.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jun 20, 2011 01:00:59 PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lunnantiques, London, London, United Kingdom
Comments: Very good Irish crochet collar with motifs of grapes, fan-shaped leaves, trefoils and flowers.  Condition looks excellent.

   Sold for 46.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

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