Ebay Alerts! Eight Items – January 23, 2011

Posted on January 23, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/4t5qqpt ANTIQUE LACE-223″ OF MECHLIN LACE
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 25, 2011 08:16:24 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London
Comments: Very nice long (~223″ x 3-1/4″) length of 19th c Mechlin. Quatrefoil sprigs in the ground. Looks in excellent condition.

$45.00, reserve not met, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/4rswg9s ANTIQUE LACE HANDMADE COLLAR ‘ PUNTO IN ARIA’ C 1750
Starting price: $49.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 26, 2011 17:59:26 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris-Palm Beach
Comments: All of the clothwork is a double buttonhole stitch, which is a little unusual.  The rosettes seem consistent, but not matching, and there’s a lot of variation in the brides, even where they are not repaired.  The bobbinlace along the neckline is a Venise plaited type.  A very interesting piece.

$244.49 Reserve not met, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4zo3yty ANTIQUE LACE-BRUSSELS LACE COLLAR W/POINT DE GAZE
Starting price: $75.00
Auction ends: Jan 27, 2011 15:10:26 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London
Comments: Good collar of Duchesse with needlelace inserts.  Nice design of ribbons and bows – almost doesn’t need the needlelace. Looks in good condition.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/4w362wy ANTIQUE LACE-ROSALINE LACE COLLAR
Starting price: $35.00
Auction ends: Jan 27, 2011 15:27:04 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London
Comments: Nicely worked little Rosaline collar – without the perles, but with good raised work around the centers of the motifs.

Sold for $35.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/4q9mo9z ANTIQUE LACE FLOUNCE OF BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE C 1880
Starting price: $49.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 27, 2011 19:38:38 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris-Palm Beach
Comments: Good long (86″) wide (7″) mid-late 19th c Duchesse with no needlelace inserts. Design is a little conventional, but effective.

$123.50, reserve not met, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/45lrkr8 Antique silk Irish crochet handmade lovely collar
Starting price: 24.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jan 28, 2011 08:36:25 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London
Comments: Silk Irish Crochet doesn’t come up very often.  The rings around the edge of this piece are a bit unusual – normally IC has a looped border. Seems in good shape. See http://swiftantiquelace.com/lace19th_detailO.html for a really nice example, too bad it’s sold.  Notice the difference in the edging.

Sold for 31.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4jqnvmj Ancien Carreau de dentellière + 46 fuseaux + modéle
Starting price: 70.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jan 28, 2011 23:26:50 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller saezj2006, Villemagne, Languedoc-Rousillon, France
Comments: Difficult to say how old a pillow like this might be. The work looks modern. These Spanish pillows with partially worked pieces come up fairly regularly, although more from Spanish sellers. This one is nicely set up and from what I can see, looks in good condition.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/4tq46gr Antique Brussels Belgium Lace Point De Gaze Hankie
Starting price: Buy it Now $325.00 or Make Offer
Auction ends: Jan 29, 2011 16:59:12 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller all*bliss*be*thine, Roanoke, VA, United States
Comments: Haven’t seen this seller before. A very nice handkerchief of Belgian needlelace – the raised petal roses are handled very well for a piece like this.  Fillings are interesting. A nicely done piece.

Sold for $250.00

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Ebay Alerts! Five items – January 20, 2011

Posted on January 20, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/4nfacvy EXQUISITE 19THC. BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE FAN
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 22, 2011 16:17:42 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London
Comments: Very beautiful Belgian needlelace fan with mother of pearl sticks. The fillings are amazing.  Nice design. I can’t find any condition problems from the photos.

Sold for $610.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4tnyavu ANTIQUE LACE LEPOGLAVA BOBBIN LACE YUGOSLAVIA
Starting price: $85.00, $95.00 Buy it Now
Auction ends: Jan 23, 2011 18:01:07 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris – Palm Beach Florida
Comments: This Lepoglava colored lace is a typical design. It’s basically a tape lace with some torchon elements. We need more technical manuals on this lace (Bandkant uit Lepoglava by de la Bie, Haas, and Troost is about all I can find – see http://tinyurl.com/4v3gl3z). Of course Lepoglava is in Croatia these days.

Sold for $85.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/49h9kgl LOVELY LACE FAN LEAF W/HERALDIC SHIELD,LION
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 25, 2011 06:45:26 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, New York and London
Comments: I think it’s a Belgian venise-type needlelace appliqued on machine net. I look at a design like this and think ‘War Lace’. Maybe. Wish there was a provenance. The shield does look like the Belgian Lion. Seems to have a few rust spots, but I can’t see any damage from the photos.

Sold for $595.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4la2qp8 ANTIQUE LACE HANDMADE BOBBIN LACE C 1800 MILAN ?
Starting price: $49.99 with reserve
Auction ends: (Jan 25, 2011 17:15:01 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris – Palm Beach Florida
Comments: Flemish or Italian? Often hard to tell. I’ll endorse the seller on this one with Italian. Sometimes the elaborate header or footer attachment tends more toward Italy – Flemish pieces seem to be plainer.

Sold for $178.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4bxrgsa ANTIQUE COLLAR: Exquisite Handmade Irish Crochet
Starting price: $44.00 Buy it Now
Auction ends: Jan 25, 2011 21:26:27 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller therookandtheraven, Santa Cruz, California
Comments: Not a particularly exceptional Irish Crochet collar, work seems a little loose. Except for one thing. It has a needlelace ground, of what looks to be the Alençon fond. Interesting.  Good condition.

Unsold.

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Collecting: Small German Wooden Figures and the Amazing Exploding Klöppelfrau

Posted on January 16, 2011 by lacenews


Two lovely figures made with a lot of care. Note the headscarves, made of tissue. From Hennig Miniaturen, http://www.hennig-figuren.de/.  Lefthand standing figure is 6 cm tall, righthand seated figure is 5 cm – very small.

Generally around 3″ high, the miniature wooden figures from the German Erzgebirge area are delightful. The klöppel figures are normally part of a set of figures representing many different trades – often for use in creche scenes.   I am only showing a small sample of currently available figures – I keep finding more every time I search on the net. The lacemakers are often made in pairs – standing and seated.
The degree of handwork in these figures varies a lot, although most are at least hand painted. There is also a wide range of quality – I’ve bought several that have arrived with broken parts, and it’s virtually impossible to glue them back together.

Sometimes they are used in the German Christmas Pyramid structures (Weihnachtspyramide), as in the example on the left by Seiffener Pyramidenhaus.

The ‘Christmas Pyramid’ may be a predecessor of the modern Christmas tree. Note the candleholders on this example – the heat from the candles will turn the fan on top, causing the various layers to rotate.  This one appears to have a klöppelfrau on the second level at the back  (http://tinyurl.com/4hrxud5). A smaller, more modern interpretation can be seen at http://tinyurl.com/4w8alz3.

As seen in the reference in the last sentence above, the smaller pyramids sometimes include flat cutout figures instead of three dimensional carvings (see another example at http://tinyurl.com/4uvxrhj). So let me digress a little to discuss the Schwibbögen and Fensterbilder.

Schwibbögen are arched candle holders with cutout images, originally made from a single sheet of forged iron which could then be painted. The first one was made in 1740 in Johanngeorgenstadt (see http://tinyurl.com/4r9wgw8 for an example based on the earliest design). The arched shape represents the view a miner would see on leaving a mine tunnel, and the lights are a reminder of darkness he has just left. The version with the lacemaker, a woodcarver, two miners, two crossed swords, two hammers, a Christmas tree, and an angel is the most famous. The graphic designer Paula Jordan (1896-1986, http://tinyurl.com/4ha8b2c) was commissioned to create the work in 1937 for the important Erzgebirge folk-art exhibiton “Feierohmd-Schau” held in Schwarzenberg (1937/38). The design became the symbol of the exhibtion.
Schibböggen are quite impressive when backlit in a window at Christmastime. Modern versions are overwhelmingly made of wood, and many more designs are now available. Electrified versions are common. They are a specialty of the town of Seiffen.


Left: The original Schwibbögen iron design by Paula Jordon for the 1937/38 Feierohmd-Schau exhibition.
Right: A modern interpretation of the Jordan design in iron. This piece is unusual, most modern examples are now made in wood.

This Jordan design is often modified in size so that only one or two figures are shown. Other examples can be seen at:
http://tinyurl.com/4hrxud5 (search for Elektrischer Schwibbogen Erzgebirge)
http://tinyurl.com/4fabhkj
http://tinyurl.com/4azhvuz
http://tinyurl.com/4m859rl
http://tinyurl.com/49d8lnz (this one has fully carved figures – expensive but very nice).

The topic of Schwibbögen naturally leads to the Fensterbilder – a smaller ornamental cutout meant to hang in a window. One can occasionally find the cutout of a lacemaker (http://tinyurl.com/4l3zt5g), but more often we see small frames or ornaments meant to be filled or worked around with bobbinlace. Bobbinlace motifs can also be used as fenstermotifs without any cutout supports. There have been several bobbinlace pattern books dedicated to this topic, such as “Fensterbilder mal anders” by Sabine Frank-Hart.
Here is an example Fensterbild lasercut wooden frame including bobbinlace. I like the little beads that look like bobbins (but I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to hold out using this as an example with those cute kissing children…):

Let’s return to more examples of the small wooden figures:


This set of high quality seated and standing figures is by Werner. They are both a little over 8 cm tall. http://tinyurl.com/47swtgc

  
Seated and standing Klöppelmädchen by Mothes. These are a little bigger, 15 cm high each. http://tinyurl.com/7eg566m


Left: Thomas Müller (est. 1915).  4.5 cm high.
Right:  10 cm high – I don’t know the manufacturer. This figure also comes painted green.


An angelic lacemaker, perhaps meant for Christmas. 2″ high, by Flade.


One of my favorites, a complete lacemaker’s ‘studio’. It includes the seated lacemaker and her klöppelstand, a lamp, a sewing machine on a table, a bobbinwinder on a table, a little dresser, larger chair, tallcase clock, and books on a bookshelf. By Graupner Holzminiaturen; the piece is 2″ tall. http://www.holzminiaturen.de/

One of the oldest and most famous of the miniature wooden figure makers is the Werkstatt Leichsenring http://www.blumendrechsler.de/home.htm. Their current Klöppelfrau and Klöppelmädchen designs are shown below. They are beautifully made.


Werkstatt Leichsenring Klöppelfrau and Klöppelmädchen with a matt paint finish. The figures are about 3″ high. They have remained in excellent condition ever since I bought them.

Now here comes the curious part.  The older lacemaking figures from this firm had a shiny finish, see the lefthand figure below. When I bought this figure, I photographed it, then left it sitting on a table. In the morning I noticed a fine colored powder surrounding the figure in a ring on the table. As the day went on the ring got larger, always very fine particles. The paint was flaking off the figure, rather violently – I could see particles flying off and landing several inches from the figure.  It was pretty unnerving when it happened.
After a while (see the right hand figure), the paint had flaked off very badly, and all the glued parts were coming off.  I finally put what was left into a plastic bag where the damage continues to this day.   Shortly afterward I bought an older Klöppelmädchen (left hand photo, second row below). She suffered exactly the same fate.

A third, even older figure is shown on the righthand side above. I think it dates about 1910, and has a calendar theme.  It was in better shape when I first bought it, but now has a few areas flaking off, mainly in the hair.

My only explanation is climatic – New Mexico is extremely dry, and my house is at 7500 feet above sea level. The older wood seems to be shrinking while the paint remains as is, hence the failure of the paint bond.  If anyone has a better explanation, I’d love to hear it. And there’s a lesson here – photograph  your figures quickly. You never know what the future might bring.

The following web sites also show small wooden German lacemaking figures:
http://tinyurl.com/4u6zcec
http://tinyurl.com/4htg9un
http://tinyurl.com/4keuqv3

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Ebay Alerts! Six Items – January 16, 2011

Posted on January 16, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/4o8j5jh ANTIQUE LACE FANTASTIC POINT DE GAZE HANDKERCHIEF MONOG
Starting price: $49.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 20, 2011 17:48:20 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach
Comments: Very good Belgian needlelace handkerchief – I like the monogram work. Design is quite nice.  Jour fillings are pretty standard with 3 loose spots as noted by the seller. Overall nice condition. I like the closeup photos that show the linking between the edge picots – a very Belgian technique.

Sold for $570.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4nr56kb ANTIQUE LACE LOVELY POINT DE GAZE LACE FAN M O PEARL
Starting price: $49.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 21, 2011 16:17:56 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach
Comments: Nice Belgian needlelace fan,  ‘Rosepoint’ (with raised rose petals). Looks in very good condition, other than 1 broken stick. Design looks a bit heavy to me, but that is often the case when trying to use raised roses on a fan where the material needs to be very supple.

Sold for $510.10, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4fvpvsq ENGLISH HONITON BOBBIN LACE FAN LEAF circa 1860
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 22, 2011 16:30:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay Seller eastayton, London
Comments: Now this is an extremely interesting piece. It is a copy (you would not have found this fan form in the 18th century) of an earlier Devon bobbinlace style. It was illustrated in the exhibition catalog ‘450 Years of Lace’ from the Devon Allhallows museum. It goes to show that the lacemakers of the mid 19th century were certainly capable of doing good copies of earlier laces.

Sold for $543.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4wjtwa2 HUNGARY LACE 1964. 5 DIFFERENT COMPLETE SHEETS.CTO.
http://tinyurl.com/4z6r6x3 HUNGARY LACE 1960. 5 DIFFERENT COMPLETE SHEETS.CTO.
Starting price on both: 2.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jan 24, 2011 04:47:47 PST, Jan 24, 201104:50:32 PST
Offered by: Ebay Seller robstamps47, Rochester, Kent, UK
Comments: Full panes of lace-related stamps are hard to find. In both 1960 and 1964, Hungary issued 8 stamps honoring Halas lace. These listings offer 5 full panes out of the 8 for both years.  Condition looks very good.  (An additional set of 6 were issued in 1960, but those are different from these).

Both sold for 2.99 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/4rbj4q5 ART POPULAIRE XVIII, XIX LOUPE DE DENTELLIERE EN VERRE
Starting price: 100.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jan 24, 2011 12:14:44 PST
Offered by: Ebay Seller verrebois, France
Comments: I think this one might be correct. Many sellers offer French ‘lacemaker lamps’, and the subject is just as confused as it is in English. You look for a large bulb with an opening to pour in the water – stands come separately. These devices were used by many trades where a focused light was needed.

Sold for 100 EUR, 1 bidder.

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Ebay Alerts! Six Items – January 13, 2011

Posted on January 13, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/4kuvb7p ANTIQUE LACE HANDMADE IRISH YOUGHAL NEEDLE LACE C 1880
Starting price: $49.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 16, 2011 14:50:10 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach
Comments: Border of Irish Youghal needlelace.  Just over five feet long, which is unusual. Not a very exciting design, but a good, basic piece.

$49.99, reserve not made, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/472b8s4 ANTIQUE LACE 8 HANDMADE POINT DE VENISE COASTERS ANGELS
Starting price: $24.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 16, 2011 17:48:38 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach
Comments: Something for the collector of table linens. Nice work, I think Italian, the stitches look like Burano. But I’m thrown by the buttonholed cordonnet, Burano is normally has an overcast border. Good workmanship.

Sold for $81.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4buwuba CIRCA 18THC.FINE LARGE FLEMISH LACE FLOUNCE
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 18, 2011 08:50:23 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London and New York
Comments: Excellent large Flemish border.  I won’t venture a guess on the date, this type of lace was made over a long time period. It is really beautiful.

$433.99, 6 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/4e7z9dv IRISH CROCHET FRONTED CHRISTENING GOWN 19th C RARE
Starting price: $30.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 22, 201115:00:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay Seller eastayton, London
Comments: Anne has some beautiful pieces up this week – it’s hard to choose. I love this little gown, with the very fine knotted guipure Irish crochet horseshoe pattern. The use of the lace is lavish and very effective, due to the small scale of the motifs.

$152.50, did not make reserve, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4v5dgyq CHANTILLY HAND MADE BOBBIN LACE FAN WITH BOX 19th C
Starting price: $10.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 22, 2011 15:50:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay Seller eastayton, London
Comments: Good Chantilly fan – very nicely contrasting sticks. Condition looks excellent, other than a break in the ring at the bottom of the sticks.  Good artwork in the lace, quite a fine design.

Sold for $662.12, 14 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/4gefqe7 ENGLISH HONITON BOBBIN LACE SUPERB QUALITY 19th C
Starting price: $30.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 22, 2011 16:10:01 PST
Offered by: Anne Swift, Ebay Seller eastayton, London
Comments: Wonderful Honiton guipure – some kind of border. The rose footside is unusual.  Only problem is that it is cut at one end, but given the quality I think that is minor.

Sold for $841.77, 12 bidders.

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Ebay Alerts! Eight Items – January 9, 2011

Posted on January 9, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/2658k8e Tinted Magic Lantern Slide China Girls Hand Making Lace
Starting price: $9.95
Auction ends: Jan 11, 2011 19:37:56 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller 3dmore, Joplin, Missouri, United States
Comments: Magic lantern slides are great, however you have to be able to view them. Not many people have projectors these days – so you have to do tricks with scanners and such. But this one is a beautiful photo of Chinese bobbin lacemakers – we know virtually nothing about Chinese lace, so this is a valuable resource.

Sold for $56.55, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/22prc2p CIRCA 19THC. BRUSSELS LACE SHAWL COLLAR
Starting price: $45.00
Auction ends: Jan 12, 2011 11:42:56 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London and New York
Comments: Very good Belgian needlelace collar, fine work, excellent design and condition.

Sold for $365.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/28fsohy Alter Klöppelständer mit Klöppelsack
Starting price: 15.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jan 13, 2011 02:33:57 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller addy555, Sehmatal-Cranzahl, Germany
Comments: Nice serviceable old klopperstand with pillow – Looks quite solid, good construction. Seller has told me that shipping to the USA is 35 Euros.

Sold for 77.00 EUR, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/2eur9nm ANTIQUE / VINTAGE RUSTIC LACE TRIM IDEAL DOLLS & BEARS
Starting price: 8.27 GBP
Auction ends: Jan 15, 2011 06:44:51 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller dianavee52, Cornwall, UK
Comments: I’m sure this is Russian Michailov colored lace – a beautiful, long piece. This seller has sold Russian pieces before.  Here’s hoping the miscellaneous loose threads at the top are just the remnants of an attachment to something else.

Sold for 17.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/274rn7p ANTIQUE MALTESE LACE FAN-EVENTAIL-VENTAGLIO-ABANICO
Starting price: 69.00 GBP
Auction ends: Jan 15, 2011 10:10:38 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller fanlady24, Padova, PD, Italy
Comments: Very good Maltese fan, design of tallies and crosses is pretty standard. Sticks are excellent, and the tassel remains with the piece. Condition looks quite good overall.

Sold for 300.00 GBP, 5 bidders

http://tinyurl.com/26ut8rp ANCIEN METIER DE DENTELLIERE EN BOIS
Starting price: 45.00 EUR
Auction ends: Jan 17, 2011 11:31:42 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller sacharafafa, Uccle, Belgium
Comments: Appears to be a frame for embroidering net, with a partially completed example attached.  Maybe it will come apart for shipping.  Looks in very good condition, and seems to be complete. I won’t venture a guess where it comes from, although the seller is from Belgium.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/23rmuxb * 17/18thc FLEMISH Baroque Style BOBBIN LACE FLOUNCE *
Starting price: $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 19, 2011 11:10:35 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester., Worcs., United Kingdom
Comments: Long, wide Flemish flounce – does not appear to have been cut at top or bottom. Seller does indicate that it is made up from 4 pieces, although joins are very good. Beautiful workmanship, and condition appears very good.

sold for $1,009.00, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/29skhtm * 17thc? Early Flounce NEEDLE LACE – Possibly English?*
Starting price: $9.99 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 19, 2011 11:15:08 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester., Worcs., United Kingdom
Comments: Quite a striking piece – English? I don’t know. I associate early English flat points with a slightly different stitch. The design isn’t quite right, and the bullion ‘picots’ don’t add up. The edges are also a little odd. I think Italian, maybe a later piece.
There is an area of replacement with a similar design.  Condition looks a little worn, but good.

Sold for $175.00, 6 bidders.

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Ebay Alerts! Seven Items – January 6, 2011

Posted on January 6, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/25yjd9e EXQUISITE BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE FAN W/ROSES
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Jan 09, 2011 06:35:15 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London
Comments: An interesting Belgian needlelace fan with a novel take on the raised rose petals. Excellent technique, with varied fillings. A beautiful piece – almost a bit too heavy for a fan leaf. But this is offset by the very simple sticks.  No condition issues that I can see.

Sold for $595.00, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/23sdtnt EXQUISITE 19THC.BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE VEIL/SHAWL
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Jan 09, 2011 06:48:22 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London
Comments: A good Duchesse bobbinlace shawl. Motifs are quite bold and well made. The bride ground is nicely used to set off the motifs. Condition looks very good.

$560.00, reserve not met, 8 bidders.
Relisted, $430.00, reserve not met, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/2626d7r ANTIQUE LACE-19THC. BRUSSELS LACE HANDKERCHIEF
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Jan 09, 2011 07:36:44 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London
Comments: Duchess handkerchief with monogram, good condition. Large bold motifs are quite unusual It might come from the same manufacturer as the shawl described above in this post. I’m not wild about it, but it is definitely different.

Sold for $187.50, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/2bhvd6f MARVELOUS ANTIQUE BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LARGE COLLAR
Starting price: $97.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: Jan 09, 2011 15:26:40 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller klaraanna2006, Budapest, Hungary
Comments: I haven’t seen this seller before. Offering a Brussels ‘point de gaze’ needlelace bertha. The background color for the photographs is unfortunate, but it looks in overall good condition. Pretty typical design. Condition looks OK, but hard to tell with the soft background color.

$122.50, reserve not met, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/2buldxz CIRCA 19THC.RARE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LACE SHAWL
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 10, 2011 15:33:12 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London
Comments: Lovely, large shawl.  I’m unsure about the Bucks attribution, design is a bit thin. It might be Lille.  A wonderful piece.

Sold for $795.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/27y87sa ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 17THC.RARE “PUNTO IN ARIA ” LACE
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 10, 2011 16:55:22 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay seller mithya, London
Comments: A great reticella and punto-in-aria border. I’m a bit bothered by the rather rough ‘spiderweb’ join between the straight piece and the border – this might be a married piece. Designs don’t quite match up between the two.  But it is an impressive looking piece.

$425.00, reserve not met, 6 bidders.
Relisted, sold for $595.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/2dah7ug 1900 LG LOT OF SALVAGE DRESS LACE CHIFFON BACK GROS PT
Starting price: $24.99
Auction ends: Jan 11, 2011 11:12:27 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, New England, USA
Comments: People go nuts over this kind of lace – it is entirely machine made, but also required considerable hand-finishing. It is basically a burnt-out embroidery process. One needs to be a little careful here – the name ‘punto cordello’ is often applied to this type of lace. Cordello was an imitation needlelace, using a hand-darned background with padded outlines attached. This is not what we are looking at in this piece.

Sold for $361.00, 12 bidders.

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Ebay Alerts! Three Items – January 2, 2011

Posted on January 2, 2011 by lacenews

http://tinyurl.com/2fvkwbx ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1750’s,MECHLIN LACE LAPPET
Starting price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: Jan 05, 2011 06:35:59 PST
Offered by: Maria Niforos, Ebay Seller mithya, London and New York
Comments: These lappets are actually mid 18th c Belgian Point d’Angleterre. A pieced lace with droschel ground. The design is a bit messy. Some people would say that pushes it over to the English Devon laces, but I think it’s Belgian, more on the Brabant side. Good condition – the brown stains will come out with proper washing (I know a great resource for washing pieces like this). Pieces like this are always two lappets joined together, which is the reason that many of these pairs stayed together over the years. I think the length is a little short – tops may have been cut a bit. Hard to tell from the photos. Single lappets like this are more in the 22″ – 24″ range.
A really nice piece.

Sold for $295.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/29qq367 ANTIQUE H/M CHANTILLY SHAWL COLLAR, 2 MATCHING FLOUNCES
Starting price: $295.00
Auction ends: Jan 06, 2011 16:21:33 PST
Offered by: Paivi Roberts, Ebay seller greatlace, Paris and Palm Beach
Comments: Really unusual to see a matching Chantilly collar and flounce (in 2 pieces). Good design. Work on smaller pieces like this tends to be a little finer than the big shawls and flounds. Unknown if it is Belgian or French.  A few pinholes in the mesh.

Did not sell.

http://tinyurl.com/26aucmt Antique Irish Crochet lovely sleeves……dressmaker
Starting price: 29.99 GBP
Auction ends: Jan 09, 2011 07:06:16 PST
Offered by: Ebay seller discover4, London
Comments: I like the big bold flowers with lots of raised work, and nice tight stitches. That’s what a lot of people look for in Irish Crochet.

Sold for 29.99 GBP, 1 bidder.

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Lace Event: Suffolk Lacemakers’ Lace Day, February 19, 2011 – Correction

Posted on January 2, 2011 by lacenews

Apologies, got the date wrong, the Suffolk Lacemakers’ day is February 19th, not February 2nd. I corrected the post.

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Lace Event: Suffolk Lacemakers’ Lace Day, February 19, 2011

Posted on January 2, 2011 by lacenews

Suffolk Lacemakers’ Lace Day
Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011
Place: The Village Hall
Wickham Market, Suffolk
Time: 10.00 AM UNTIL 4.00 PM

Tickets: £4.00 non members
Contact: Pat Hansford 01473 727953

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