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Apologies again, but I’m still tied up with my contract work deadline, will resume the Ebay Alerts next week.  There is an interesting item up for auction at Kerry Taylor on December 8th which I will write up shortly.

Laurie

Apologies, big deadline coming up for work, so I’m blowing off the Ebay Alerts for Sunday. Compounding the problem is the fact that Microsoft issued a systems update Wednesday night which had the effect of crashing Windows 7 Outlook email, and has messed up my computer for several days. MS did issue a fix, so things are back to normal, although I have some catching up to do.
Take a look at the offerings of seller eastayton (a.k.a. Anne Swift), who is showing some excellent pieces.  I’ll resume next week.
And I’ll also start getting back to posting events very soon.  My ‘vacation’ has gone on long enough.

Laurie

http://tinyurl.com/pxseqhb 12 Carrickmacross Irish Lace PLacemats Doilies Hand Work Shamrock Thistle Rose
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $1,599.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: November 8, 2015 6:15 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mellow44, Tiverton, Rhode Island, United States
Comments: Carrickmacross applique is not the first thing you think of for placemats, but here is a set of 12. Note the prominent looped border, along with varied needlerun fillings. There is a little bride work, and the design has shamrocks, thistles, and other flowers. The style looks a little later, and the motifs fairly simple.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  Mid 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: I think I see some very small repairs, might be a trick of the light, or something done in the manufacturing process.
Soilage: Looks clean in this lighting.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.  Look unused.

http://tinyurl.com/omnl7ea Antique/vintage Brussels Point de Gaze lace bertha
Size: Neckline 40″, 7″ deep.
Starting Price: £60.00
Auction ends: November 8, 2015 11:29 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze bertha with raised petal roses. The motifs are fairly conventional, arranged in quite an elegant design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites scattered small holes and repairs.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Not perfectly crisp, but that’s minor. Might have been washed in the past.

http://tinyurl.com/nt6q2gj Antique/vintage Brussels Duchesse lace collar/dress front
Size: Neckline 18″, 11″ front length
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 10:40 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A collar of Duchesse de Bruges.  Conventional motifs, nicely arranged.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller notes that neck edge is a little worn.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Looks like a soft fold crease center back.

http://tinyurl.com/nj4zcev TWO 48″ (122CM) LENGTHS OF BRUSSELS APPLIQUE LACE FLOUNCE ON MACHINE NET
Size: 8″ x 48″ for both.
Starting Price: £26.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 12:03 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: Two pieces of a flounce of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. The design is quite light with small motifs, and small circular ‘esprits’ in the ground. Not sure how the esprits are made. I can’t find any needlelace elements in this piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller notes that neck edge is a little worn.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Looks like a soft fold crease center back.

http://tinyurl.com/olr2opu Beautiful antique Honiton bobbin lace hanky handkerchief -English wedding lace
Size: 33 cm x 33 cm
Starting Price: £29.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 11:40 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton guipure handkerchief. Snails/slugs style, delicately done, especially the ‘fern’ leaves in two corners. These are what really makes the piece.   Note the needle-made brides wound around 4 connecting threads.  Good tally leadwork fillings.  An interesting piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c, maybe into the 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites a small hole in the cloth.  One area of 10-stick separated from a motif on the left edge.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal & vertical fold lines. Slight creasing of some motifs on the outer edge.

http://tinyurl.com/p9khye3 A VICTORIAN BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE LAPPET FRONT COLLAR WITH POINT DE GAZE PANELS
Size: 18″ neckline, 3″ center back depth.
Starting Price: £26.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 11:42 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A collar of Duchesse de Bruxelles with raised petal roses in the two Point de Gaze inserts. No raised work in the bobbinlace. Conventional design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: One tiny red spot, one small repair. Pt d G mesh looks good.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creasing or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/phqge2l Beautiful Antique Brussels Point de Gaze lace hanky handkerchief – wedding hanky
Size: 32 cm square
Starting Price: £24.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 11:45 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, United Kingdom
Comments: An unusual Point de Gaze handkerchief. The edge is quite narrow, with lots of decorative ‘mode’ fillings.  No flowers that could have raised petals. It’s an interesting way to fill a narrow border.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few small holes and pinholes in the mesh. One tiny hole in the cloth.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal and vertical fold creases.

http://tinyurl.com/ogh8v7z VICTORIAN CARRICKMACROSS LACE RECTANGULAR SHAWL OR VEIL – 80″ (204cm) Long
http://tinyurl.com/p7l8jmj A 1.88 METRE FLOUNCE OF CARRICKMACROSS APPLIQUE LACE – 21 1/2″ (55 cm) Deep
Size: ~80″ x 75″, 21.5″ x 1.88 meters
Starting Price: £60.00, £8.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 12:05 PM PST
November 9, 2015 12:11 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A square shawl of Carrickmacross applique, and a matching section of a flounce. Fairly elaborate floral design with needlerun fillings, and note the spiky picots along the outer edge.  This is sometimes seen as an alternative to the larger looped picots.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None on the veil, flounce is extensively cut.
Damage: Shawl: Small holes in the ground, 3 repairs.  Flounce:  large holes cut into the piece.
Soilage: Some localized rust spotting.
Finish: Shawl needs blocking to recover square shape.

http://tinyurl.com/nch6kte A VICTORIAN HONITON APPLIQUE LACE BERTHA COLLAR ON A MACHINE TULLE GROUND
Size: 44″ neckline, 8.75″ center back depth.
Starting Price: £10.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 1:06 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular scarf of Honiton applique on machine net.  It works as a collar, however it doesn’t have the larger outer edge typical of a bertha. Snails/slugs style, with the design nicely massed on the lower border.  Good woven tally leadworks, mostly of one kind.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Small holes and pinholes in the tulle.
Soilage: Looks beige in color in this lighting.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/pvbaeak A VICTORIAN HONITON APPLIQUE LACE TRIANGULAR SHAWL ON MACHINE MADE GROUND
Size: ~103″ x 41.5″
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 1:21 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A triangular shawl of Honiton applique on machine net.  The motifs are a bit more advanced than snails/slugs, large massed floral spray in the lower center. Wider border of flowers around the lower edge, narrower at the top, and small sprigs are used in the ground. This triangular form for Honiton applique is a bit unusual.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Tear in the tulle with failed repair at one end. Small holes and pinholes in the mesh throughout. Some holes repaired.
Soilage: Seems a little beige in color in this lighting.
Finish: One fold crease that I can see, some minor wrinkling.

http://tinyurl.com/nr7vcun A VICTORIAN HANDKERCHIEF WITH A RUSSIAN OR SIMILAR BOBBIN LACE BORDER
Size: 16″ square
Starting Price: £8.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 1:31 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A handkerchief with a tape lace border, perhaps Russian Yelets.  I don’t think it’s Idria or Italian.  There’s a lace museum in Yelets http://tinyurl.com/p9ouv5t. Recent photos of this lace look more like Vologda, but I think the more traditional form is this narrow, dense tape.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites some small holes in the cloth.
Soilage: Light red staining.
Finish: A little wrinkled.

http://tinyurl.com/nma6arn ANTIQUE LACE-EARLY VENETIAN GROS POINT LACE
Size: 3.5″ x (23″ and 25″)
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: November 9, 2015 3:25 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A 19th c Gros Point copy.  The thread looks linen.  Very hard to tell where this might have been made – Italy, France, Belgium, Ireland.  Someday I’ll write a book on the subject.  It does have some interesting decoration in the clothwork, and I like the heavy round rings in the middle of the brides. That kind of seems like a Belgian technique.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  later 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut, but I assume so.
Damage: Seller cites a few openings.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles, but there’s no photo of the complete pieces.

http://tinyurl.com/pvxjhl8 Dogs Birds and Butterflies in Handmade Point de Paris bobbin lace Large round
Size: 26″ diameter, lace 5″ deep.
Starting Price: $325.00
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 12:15 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A table cover edged with figural Point de Paris, including birds in trees and a dog. That might be a butterfly between the facing birds, but I’m not sure. This type of figural work is not unusual in Point de Paris, especially in table linens.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites deep ivory white color.
Finish:  A little creasing and wrinkling, especially in the center cloth.

http://tinyurl.com/oc7mdte Spectacular Victorian Point de Venise needle lace edging Mint condition COLLECT
Size: 3.5″ without engrelure, x ~30″
Starting Price: $185.00
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 3:09 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: Another 19th c Gros Point copy. This one has very fine thread, good decorative filings and a lot of fillings that look a little ‘Point de Gaze’ in technique.  So I’m guessing Belgian. However the cordonnets are tightly buttonholed, which might mean Austria.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends, engrelure added.
Damage: Seller cites a couple of minor breaks.
Soilage: Seller cites deep ivory white color, and a few minor stains that I can’t find.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/ovllpgf RARE, UNUSUAL Antique 1800s Needlepoint Lace HANDKERCHIEF Brussels POINT de GAZE
Size: ~15″ square
Starting Price: $395.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 7:15 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller things*most*delightful, Sacramento, California, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze handkerchief, no raised work.  The striped pattern is occasionally seen in this lace, and note the single looped picots around the outer edge. The design is quite unusual, even to the bellflowers anchoring the rest of the pattern. In pieces like this there is often an emphasis on decorative ‘mode’ fillings, seen here in the corners. The little 4-petaled buds in the strips are quite unusual.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th century.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few pinholes in the mesh. One break middle of the right side.
Soilage: Some localized red staining.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/o3xblo6 MAGNIFICENT Antique Brussels Lace Point de Gaze Roses Heirloom Wedding Veil~1890
Size: 105″ x 65″, blusher veil” 20 – not sure what that is.
Starting Price: £1,500.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: November 10, 2015 7:15 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller dollyslace, Manchester, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels bobbin and needlelace oval bridal veil applique on machine net.  The roses are Point de Gaze with raised petals (nicely done with diamond widows in the petals), and elaborate center fillings. There is one major flower spray in the train area, with a floral border, wider at the back and narrower at the front.  Small flower sprays and dots decorate the main tulle area.
I’m not wild about the treatment of the pointed leaves – they just look tied off at the points with a little fluffy end of the gimp – and frankly, a little ‘Princesse’. But I think they are all handmade.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1900.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites 2 minor pinholes, one small and one tiny repair.
Soilage: Seller cites “antique ivory’ color.  One small age mark.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.  Good drape to the tulle.

http://tinyurl.com/ozlhptj Antique 18th cent Flemish Brabant bobbin lace flounce panel 160cm x 50cm
Size: 50 cm x 160 cm
Starting Price: £49.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 11:44 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels bobbinlace with bride ground, about 1730. This is not Brabant style, but has considerable sophistication and technical excellence. It looks cut at the top, and there appears to be separate piece of slightly darker color joined along the bottom third. There is also a separate piece tacked on both ends. All these appear to have come from different original pieces. Quiet an interesting study for an assembled piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1730
Condition:
Modifications: Assembled, cut ends, 3 major joins, engrelure added.
Damage: Fraying and broken brides – severity depends on which section you are looking at.
Soilage: Localized age spotting throughout.
Finish:  Fold creases evident.

http://tinyurl.com/qjyt7ta Extraordinary late 18th C. SET handmade Valenciennes PAIR OF LAPPET and FRILL
Size: lappets: 28″ x 4.75″ to 3.5″.  Edging 3″ x ~1-1/3 yards.
Starting Price: £49.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 12:40 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A pair of round hole Valenciennes lappets with matching capback frill, although as in similar sets, the frill is not attached.  Which makes this set a rare survivor.  The delicate thin design is sometimes known as Valenciennes Anglaise, probably a marketing name. It is quite a distinct style, often seen in narrow edgings.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  late 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Edging cut both ends and secured, engrelure added. I have a feeling the picoted edge is a later addition.  The lappets look in original condition, although it would help if there were a closeup of the upper ends.
Damage: Lappets a little frayed along the edges. Occasional very minor pinhole and pulls in the mesh.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory color. There appear to be a few small red spots in the edging.
Finish:  Vertical fold creases in the edging, creases throughout the lappets.

http://tinyurl.com/once8kk 6.7 yds Antique French Brussels Point de Gaze Handmade Lace 242″ L X 3.5″ W
Size:3.5″ x 242″
Starting Price: $574.98
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:18 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller cherubim_gates, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
Comments: Belgian Point de Gaze long border, no raised work. There’s a short repeat of three asymmetric leaves with two flowers below, then a more vertical element with hanging leaves (with and 8-petaled decorative ‘mode’). Some heavy rings in flower centers. And interesting piece with a rather atypical design, but well suited for ruffling.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Not sure if the end I can see has been cut – it might be a natural termination.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.  Looks unused.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory color. There appear to be a few small red spots in the edging.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/pckscj5 DELICATE ANTIQUE BLACK SILK CHANTILLY LACE LAPPET COLLAR SCARF JABOT
Size: 5″ x 43″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:24 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A Chantilly lappet scarf, no ombre work. The floral design is quite effective with little cartouches containing a flowerpot at the ends and single spray father up.  Good example of the form.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Slight fraying along edges.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/pxny7v2 ANTIQUE LACE VALENCIENNES BOBBIN LACE 151″ ROUND MESH GROUND
Size: 1.5″ x 151″
Starting Price: $25.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:30 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: I especially wanted to review this narrow round-hole Valenciennes edge because of the similarity in design to the lappet/frill set above. This simple lace is a favorite of mine, especially when it is made in very fine thread, and you usually find it with quite a straight edge.  Similar patterns are also made with the square mesh, indicating that the style survived well into the 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  1st half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Both ends cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites light discoloration at one end.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/qa48hae DELICATE ANTIQUE BLACK SILK CHANTILLY LACE SHORT VEIL HEADDRESS SCARF COLLAR
Size: 35″ x 16″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:36 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A semi-circular Chantilly hat veil. Fairly elaborate with a dense pattern of esprits in the ground, and note the underline of flowers just below the top edge. Quite a effective as well as practical design for an item like this. Hard to tell if it is French or Belgian – I’m guessing France.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Occasional pinhole in the mesh and broken thread – minor.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/namw6ws ANTIQUE LACE BELGIUM BRUSSELS LAPPET POINT DE GAZE ROSES FLOWER SCARF JAOBT COL
Size: 5.25″ x 56.5″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: November 11, 2015 6:39 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller rosietoesmac, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Comments: A narrow scarf of Point d’Angleterre – meaning a pieced bobbinlace with a Point de Gaze ground. The ends do contain a more traditional Point de Gaze insert – no raised work. There is a little raised work on halfstitch background in some of the strapwork. This type of lace often has a more sophisticated design than related Duchesse, and this example has a very nice presence.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Seller cites a small split alongside one leaf in the border. Mesh looks good.
Soilage: Seller cites some areas of light discoloration.
Finish:  No obvious creases or winkles.

http://tinyurl.com/prtlzcl ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 18THC. MECHLIN LACE LAPPET
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 2:25 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A lappet set of Mechlin, Louis XV design with fond de glace.  It has seen better days, but is an excellent example of this style.  The motifs are a little blocky, typical of Mechlin of this period.  Note the quatrafoil fillings in some areas.  Seller is correct, it’s finer than it looks in the photos.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  mid 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Looks like they are cut at the top and joined.  Picot edging is a later addition.
Damage: Numerous holes in the mesh of various sizes.  Some pulls in the mesh and small repairs. Broken threads in the toile and some fillings.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  vertical fold creases evident.

http://tinyurl.com/q7dbfgy ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 16-17THC.,RARE VENETIAN RETICELLA AND PUNT IN ARIA LACE
Size: ~10″ x 54.5″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 2:12 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A Punto in Aria border with deep scallops, with some Genoese bobbinlace.  One thing to me that argues for an early date is the framework of the piece – the heavy horizontal lines which divide the three sections in the top part. These appear to be woven braids, which is a technique you see in early Punto in Aria.  It gives the impression of the original cutwork cloth used in Reticella, but is more flexible. It appears to be used in the lower scallops also. The photos are a little fuzzy in this area, but I’m pretty sure the outside edge of the scallops is Genoese bobbinlace – note the woven leaves.
It is always difficult to date something like this, and I wish there were more closeups. But provisionally I’ll call it early.  There are a few things that bother me, like how the scalloped border doesn’t really match the upper border, and isn’t really aligned with the main design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  after 1600
Condition:
Modifications: Cut one end, can’t see the other end.
Damage: Seller cites a few openings near one end, and if that’s all, it is unusual for an early piece. Might be a warning sign.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/pgprv7m ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1700’s, FLEMISH “POTTEN KANT” LACE
Size: 3″ x 26″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 2:54 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A Flemish Pottenkant insertion which looks more in the Mechlin technique with an elaborate snowflake-variation ground. I could probably track it down but my entire library is in boxes in a new storage facility, and it’s getting late.  The symmetric ‘flowerpot’ design, the straight edges of the piece, are enough to put it in the pottenkant style class, but I think the piece is being shown upside down since the picoted border is at the top.  I’m more inclined to put it in the Mechlin category.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  1st half 1700’s.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.  Piece is sewn to tissue.  Straight top edge treatment is a bit confusing.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos .
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish:  Some creasing.

http://tinyurl.com/ozg9a93 ANTIQUE LACE SUPERB BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE SHAWL BRIDAL c. 1880 19TH CENTURY
Size: 19″ x 94.5″
Starting Price: $650.00
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 7:38 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller zukhbaia, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Comments: A rectangular shawl of Brussels Duchesse. Double raised petal roses in the Point de Gaze inserts, with diamond windows in the petals. Great photos of the back of the roses showing a little known technique of forming a base for the raised petals. Good rows of decorative ‘mode’ fillings, although not much variation. No raised work in the bobbinlace, which is of conventional Duchesse design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. PtdG mesh looks good.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory/light beige color, and some very small stains.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/oyw9k9q ANTIQUE LACE SUPERB BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE TRIM BRIDAL c. 1880 19TH CENTURY
Size: 5.5″ x 161″
Starting Price: $450.00
Auction ends: November 12, 2015 7:58 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller zukhbaia, Brooklyn, New York, United States
Comments: A long Point de Gaze border – note the multiple raised petals in the roses. And how they are a little ‘cup’ shaped, sign of a particular manufacture whose name we don’t know. The back view has the same structure supporting the raised petals as in the previous piece. Slightly more naturalistic design than usual, although the motifs are a bit simple.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: The ends might be naturally terminated.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. PtdG mesh looks good.
Soilage: Seller cites ivory/light beige color, and some very small stains.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/ont6gnw antique Chantilly lace dress front ornament fichu shawl long lappets civil war
Size: lappets 47″ and 46″, complete length 140″.  Center back depth 13.5″
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: November 13, 2015 10:54 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller atelier1900, Gaillard, France
Comments: A Chantilly deep collar with frill around the upper part and long, wide hanging lappets.  There’s a lot of assembly in this piece, and similar examples usually have more shaped lappets. Still, the design as shown on the manikin and possibility for draping are interesting.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: An assembled piece.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish:  No obvious creases or wrinkles.

http://tinyurl.com/nljq5kn Glorious ANTIQUE Rosepoint Point de Gaze LACE Trim 64×4 3/4″ Excellent Condition
Size: 4-3/4″ x 64″
Starting Price: $125.00, $195.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: November 1, 2015 9:45 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller vintageblessings, Meridian, Idaho, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze border with simple single raised petal roses. Conventional design, nicely executed. The decorative ‘mode’ fillings are used in flower centers – typical half wheel in the roses, full wheel in other flowers.  A good example of the type.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends, engrelure added.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites a few faint small spots.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $125.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/oqs9vg3 Antique/vintage Brussels Point de Gaze lace ‘necklace’
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: £50.00
Auction ends: November 1, 2015, 10:36 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze ‘necklace’, see the Ebay Alerts of Feb 8, 2015 http://tinyurl.com/klffxvg for a discussion of this form. Good precise work with some unusual decorative ‘mode’ elements used as raised buds. Note the widely spaced looped picots along the edges, sign of a better, but unknown manufacturer.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Pale ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £273.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/omxg5kz Antique/vintage 18th century bobbin lace lappet
Size: 24.8″ x 4.8″ to 4″
Starting Price: £40.00
Auction ends: November 1, 2015, 11:15 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A single lappet of Brussels bobbinlace with bride ground, early 18th c. This is a beautiful design, excellent technique.  The variation on snowflake fillings is especially interesting.  Good piece to study to see how the lacemaker occasionally varied mirror elements on the right and left hand sides of the piece.  A high end market piece in it’s time.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  These are usually dated 1720’s – 30’s, probably ~1730 or slightly later on this one because of the rounded end.
Condition:
Modifications: None. Wish the matching one was there, these always came in pairs.
Damage: Occasional edge separation, broken brides, pinholes and slightly worn spot. Pretty minor. Seller cites some minor repairs.
Soilage: Age darkened ecru color.  Localized small brown spots.  Don’t try to wash this yourself! I can recommend an excellent person for cleaning.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £430.00, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/o9at48l Gorgeous Antique Brussels Point de Gaze Lace & Mother of Pearl Fan Eventail
Size: 18″ wide, 9.5″ long
Starting Price: £92.00
Auction ends: November 1, 2015, 12:00 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller pbur3053, Selkirk, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse fan with plain Mother of Pearl sticks. Raised petal roses in the Point de Gaze insert, these petals have some diamond window work.  Conventional Duchesse with a little raised work on half-stitch background in the strapwork.  The Point de Gaze motifs are a little more naturalistic than usually found.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: I think there might be some repair in the PtdG mesh, lower left quadrant. One broken and repaired stick.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   Sold for £95.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ofvqx72 Antique Vintage Irish Crochet Shawl / Capelet
Size: 11″ deep at back, 30″ long on sides laid flat.
Starting Price: $39.00
Auction ends: November 1, 2015, 6:00 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller textiles2012, Hydes, Maryland, United States
Comments: A large, deep collar of Irish Crochet edged with a narrow Rose of Sharon border. There are several styles in this piece, a small wheel design near the neckline, Clones knots in the ground toward the edge.  Note the figural basket, and tightly woven larger motifs. It all looks a bit of a mishmash in design when put together, especially since the flower basket will be upside down when worn.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles – but doesn’t lie exactly flat. That might just be for the photo.

   Sold for $138.50, 9 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/orlf5a3 Antique handmade Brussels mixed duchesse lace point de gaze lace cuffs
Size: 7 cm x 24 cm each
Starting Price: £24.00
Auction ends: November 2, 2015, 12:14 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, UNited Kingdom
Comments: Matching cuffs of Brussels Duchesse with a raised double petal rose in each Point de gaze insert.  Note the rows of small buds at the top of each with raised ring centers.  The flowers in the lower corners in the photos are fairly elaborate, well done.  Unpicoted irregular brides.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some small holes in the PtdG mesh.  Occasional broken bride.
Soilage: Seller cites “antique white” color.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.

   Sold for £33.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qxmfz7h Antique handmade Brussels point de gaze lace collar and cuffs
Size: cuffs:  4 cm x 17 cm.  collar: 35cm neckline, 4 cm deep.
Starting Price: £19.00
Auction ends: November 2, 2015, 12:23 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller hedgehogpear, BN8, United Kingdom
Comments: Matching Point de Gaze collar and cuff set, no raised work.  Unusual to find small pieces like this still together.  The design is a bit architectural, and note the unusual grid-like fillings in regular patterns.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: One area of separation at the end of one cuff.  Pinholes throughout the mesh.
Soilage: Seller cites “antique cream” color. Might be a little red spot near center outer edge of the collar.
Finish: A little minor creasing on collar corners.

   Sold for £30.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/nw6ack2 Antique Vintage Irish Crochet Collar and Cuffs
Size: cuffs: 5″ x 11″, collar 6.5″ back depth, 21″ long on each side laid flat.
Starting Price: $25.00
Auction ends: November 2, 2015, 6:00 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller textiles2012, Hydes, Maryland, United States
Comments: Matching Irish Crochet collar and cuffs. The crispness of the work, the complexity of the grounds, and the typical ‘chrysanthemum’ floral elements, and the padded ‘ball’ elements probably indicate a French product.
Date:  ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some edge breakage on the cuffs.
Soilage: A few localized red spots, minor.
Finish: A little wrinkling on some raised motifs, to be expected with this technique.

      Sold for $172.50, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/nvavs95 Large antique/vintage Brussels point de gaze lace fan leaf – damaged
Size: 26″ wide, 7.5″ deep.
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: November 3, 2015, 11:12 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A fan leaf of Point de Gaze with raised petal roses. A high end market product with extensive and well done decorative ‘mode’ fillings.  2nd Empire romantic florals, although I always wonder how well a fan actually works with the raised petal roses.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Extensive small holes and repairs to the mesh (some machine tulle substitutions).
Soilage: Might be a slightly cream color.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £148.00, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qh4aqou ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 1700’s,FINE MECHLIN LACE BORDER
http://tinyurl.com/o7jojue ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 1740’s, MECHLIN LACE
Size: first- second- 3″ x 15.5″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve on both.
Auction ends: November 3, 2015, 12:52 PM PST
November 3, 2015, 1:13 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: Here are two excellent 18th c Mechlin borders from the same seller, so I’ll do them together. The first has the undulating trail typical of Louis XV work, with an extensive partridge eye round.   Quatrefoil, circular and bar fillings are also used. Quite an impressive piece.  The second has the same flavor of design, but with fond de glace.  Note the quatrefoils in the fillings, along with an innovative set of other filling stitches. As far as design goes I’d give it to the first one because of the more naturalistic flower.  The second one has excellent technique, but the motifs are tending toward the blockiness that you often see in developing in Mechlin.
Date:  1st ~1730’s, 2nd 1740’s.
Condition:
Modifications: first – cut one end, can’t see the other end. Engrelure added.
second – cut one end, can’t see the other end. Picot edge added later.
Damage: first:  nothing really obvious.  second:  frayed and cut food edge, holes and pinholes in the mesh, less so in the toilé.
Soilage: Small localized brown spots on both.
Finish: First one has some light irregular creasing. Second one has vertical fold creaes.

  
Sold for $455.00, 3 bidders.
Sold for $390.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/o7md4zh ANTIQUE LACE- ORNATE ROSALINE LACE
Size: 4″ x 26″
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: November 3, 2015, 12:58 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A short length of Rosaline Perlé, and I think the perls are needle-made.  Note the unusual plaited border on the lower edge and up one side. Good floral design. I am a bit confused by the upper edge treatment, and I can’t see the other end. I wonder if this was adapted into a collar.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: One end looks original, can’t see the other end.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites ‘original cream patina’.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $127.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qhvjahh ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 1650’s,RARE FLEMISH BOBBIN LACE BORDER
Size: ~2.5″ x 44″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: November 3, 2015, 1:45 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A length of Flemish bobbinlace, probably from the Antwerp area, made for the Dutch market. This straight edge ‘cloud’ pattern was often used on bonnets in the low countries, and with the ‘kat stitch’ ground, has a lot of similarity with pottenkant laces.Because of this kind of trimming use they normally don’t survive in long lengths.  Only two other examples have come up on Ebay since I started keeping records in August 2010.  You would be surprised at how delicate the work actually is.
Date:  3rd quarter 17th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites ‘original cream patina’.
Finish: I think I see some light vertical creasing.

   $500.00, 3 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/ocj2otr ANTIQUE LACE-SUPERB FRENCH NEEDLE LACE INSERTION
Size: ~4.25″ square
Starting Price: $95.00
Auction ends: November 3, 2015, 3:07 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: I’m going to hazard a guess that this is French Point Colbert, which developed in Bayeux in 1855 by M. Auguste Lefébure. It bears some resemblance to Alençon in the use of the mesh ground.  I’m sure many of the Venise-type laces appearing on Ebay are PC, however we don’t have much technical information on how they were made, so a lot is mis-attributed. The design in this piece is interesting, and the technique quite precise.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites ‘original cream patina’.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $142.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pl6nsnb 29 ins antique/vintage 18th c Alencon needle lace
Size: 4.75″ x 29″
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: November 4, 2015, 10:13 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of Alençon with réseau fin. Some good decorative ‘mode’ fillings, not too varied in type. The toilé has a more open stitch typical of later 19th c work. Romantic floral design, tending toward naturalism.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Ends cut, engrelure added.
Damage: Pinholes and small repairs in the mesh.
Soilage: Seller cites “antique white” color, and thinks it was laundered at some point.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £216.18, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p8e9r5h EXQUISITE UNUSED 19th CENTURY FRENCH BOBBIN LACE HANDKERCHIEF EDGING, LE PUY
Size: 11.5″ square
Starting Price: £4.99
Auction ends: November 4, 2015, 12:24 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller vanye90, UK, United Kingdom
Comments: This is part of the collection of lace samples from the Craponne regions that I wrote about in last week’s Ebay alerts. It is a Lille-type point ground handkerchief edge. I don’t know anything that would tie this particular piece to that area, it could have been made in many places.  Good floral design incorporating some half-stitch in the flowers, and the 6-pointed star filling so typical of Spain. It does look like the thread is linen, which is unusual.
Date:  1st quarter 20th c
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £12.50, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/oqfg54f Antique Italian Point Venise Needle Lace Tablecloth LOVERS DRAGONS GRIFFINS DEER
Size: 72″ x 104″
Starting Price: $2,400 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: November 4, 2015, 5:22 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller things*most*delightful, Sacremento, California, United States
Comments: What is interesting about this Venise needlelace table cover is not only the figural work, but that the three-part flower heads are exactly the same as Cantu lace, but done in needlelace. So I’m going to guess that it is Italian.
Date:  1st quarter 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few broken brides.
Soilage: Seller says it has been ‘carefully hand laundered’. Seller notes some difference in color in the threads.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/pnpdxns * antique victorian Chantilly silk lace fichu shawl handmade
Size: 67″ x 47″
Starting Price: $130.00
Auction ends: November 6, 2015, 5:22 PM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller atelier1900, Gaillard, France
Comments: A Chantilly mantilla form scarf, or perhaps a shawl where one edge can fold back over the other. The form is a little unusual.  Romantic florals, no ombré shading. Interesting series of circular medallions around all edges.
Date:  2nd half of the 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Three racroc splits, 2 racroc splits repaired, pinholes in the mesh.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/pbw9qfj antique black silk bobbin lace fichu collar capelet
Size: 14″ back depth.  28″ across at shoulder level.
Starting Price: $130.00
Auction ends: November 6, 2015, 10:35 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller atelier1900, Gaillard, France
Comments: Interesting deep collar of black silk guipure, which might be Le Puy given the motifs done against half-stitch ground. Double picoted brides along the edges. There’s an unusual pattern of crosses and 6-pointed star fillings in the center. Actually, this reminds me of some large black silk Spanish pieces I have in my collection (especially with the fringe around the central part, so that could also be the source.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites a few flaws which I can’t find in the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $60.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/p2kuu5p voile dentelle ancienne Bruges applique tulle antique Brussels lace veil bridal
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: 75.00 EUR
Auction ends: November 6, 2015, 11:48 AM PST
Offered by: Ebay seller atelier1900, Gaillard, France
Comments: Semicircular bonnet veil of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. Quite deep decorative border with small buds used as esprits. The motifs are delicately worked, with some needle-made knots used as fillings in various patterns.  A good example of this form.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: A little wrinkling along the top edge.

   Sold for 75.00 EUR, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/pla9j8d 19th century lace collection
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $40.00
Auction ends: October 25, 2015 6:02 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller annasognosia, Port Chester, New York, United States
Comments: The one piece from this collection that I will discuss is the Chantilly shawl.  A typical romantic floral second empire piece which appears quite light in texture, likely French origin. The design and technique are good, the condition is problematic.  But Chantilly shawls like this should never been dismissed – they were a high point of the industry with (according to contemporary sources) 10 women taking about 10 months to complete one. The work was done in strips running vertically, with students taking the smaller strips so that everything would be done on time.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None, although there isn’t a photo of the full piece. The photo below looks like it has the piece folded in half along the center point.
Damage: Racroc breaks throughout, some areas of mesh missing. Small holes nad pinholes in the mesh.  I think there’s been some attempt at repair.
Soilage: Looks clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: Some creasing.

   Sold for $43.50, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p564vv3 ANTIQUE LACE- BRUSSELS LACE LAPPET W/POINT DE GAZE
Size: 7.25″ x 56″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve
Auction ends: October 25, 2015 7:26 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: The narrow scarf of Duchesse de Bruxelles – no raised work int he Point de Gaze inserts.  No PtdG mesh either – just individual floral motifs. Very little in the way of decorative ‘mode’ fillings, but the piece really doesn’t need them. There is some raised work against half-stitch background in the Duchesse strapwork.  Overall this is an impressively designed piece with the PtdG motifs meshing very well with the bobbinlace flowers. One curious thing, the designs on the ends are not mirror images of each other, which is a little unusual.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious form the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites a cream color with 3-4 small age related spots.
Finish: Some creasing.

   $202.50, 7 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/oe3ceeo A Beautiful Antique Brussels Point De Gaze Dress Front/back C.1890
Size: 45 cm long x 34 cm wide.
Starting Price: £42.00
Auction ends: October 25, 2015 9:39 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A deep collar or dress front of Brussels Duchesse. One raised petal rose at the back, the others are flat.  The design of both needle and bobbinlace are standard motifs, nothing very ambitious, and the piece has a slightly thrown-together look. But the form is unusual and nicely handled.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some small holes in the PtdeG mesh.  Occasional loose thread throughout.
Soilage: Yellowing around the neckline.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles, but it’s a bit hard to tell on the manikin.

      Sold for 74.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p33cevh 35 ins antique/vintage Brussels point de gaze lace border
Size: 6″ x 35″
Starting Price: £40.00
Auction ends: October 25, 2015 10:18 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A short border of very precise Point de Gaze. Note the diamond windows and lines in the raised petals of the roses. Also note the very precise work on the edging at the lower border – I’ve always thought these connected picots resemble the horsehair in Alençon.  Some of the design is a little blocky, but it is very well organized with excellent technique. Wish there were more.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Right end might be original, cut on the left side. Engrelure added.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites some faint blue marks on the reverse which might be original. Overall color is mid ivory, age darkened.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.

   Sold for £76.10, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/or5k5uq Neat antique/vintage Brussels duchesse and point de gaze lace collar
Size: 20″ neckline, center back depth 3.2″
Starting Price: £18.00
Auction ends: October 25, 2015 10:30 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A small collar of Brussels Duchesse, raised petals in the Point de Gaze roses.  Motifs are small and nicely scaled to the piece. Nice presence to this lace.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites mid ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.

   Sold for £22.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qg2uae7 ANTIQUE DUVELLEROY LACE FAN
Size: 11″ tall, 20″ wide.
Starting Price: £80.00
Auction ends: October 25, 2015 11:11 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller bowlsgolcar, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze fan with Mother of Pearl sticks.  No raised work, and note excellent decorative ‘mode’ fillings. Used sparingly, which is great. An impressive, nicely worked piece.
Provenance: Comes with original Duvelleroy box.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: one stick detached from MOP, another has split in MOP near base.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   Sold for £94.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/phks5mk ANTIQUE LACE-EARLY VENETIAN GROS POINT LACE
Size: 3.5″ x (23″, 25″)
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 6:17 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York United States
Comments: Two pieces of the same Gros Point style border. The borders are well sculpted and the thread appears to be linen. However I think this is a later piece, for a collection of reasons. The borders are not typical of early work (note the widely spaced buttonhole stitches, typical of Belgian work), neither is the patterning of the brides with the little ‘islands’ like you see in Bruges work. The little picoted wheel in the center of one of the motifs is not an early design. Some of the fillings are a little too lightly executed.  I’m guessing this is a Belgian piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1900.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Seller cites a few openings.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   $52.00, 2 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/p5nb2of ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 1700’s. SUPERB VALENCIENNE LACE
Size: 3.5″ x (23″, 25″)
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 7:12 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York United States
Comments: An early Valenciennes border with 5-hole ground and a variety of fillings, all variations on partridge eye and snowflakes.  Note the extensive use of quatrefoils in the ‘line drawn’ elements of the clothwork, and also in the fillings. I do have some questions about the top edge.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  1730’s
Condition:
Modifications: One end cut, can’t see the other end.  The top edge looks strange, and some of the motifs look like they are a bit abbreviated, I’m not sure if they were cut. This is because the top edge looks like it was secured with overcasting and there are no closeup photos to tell what is really going on.  Sellera also cites one join, but I’m not sure where it is.
Damage: Occasional pinhole throughout.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Some light vertical creasing.

   Sold for $515.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/oznqtop ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 1700’s,SUPERB POINT DE SEDAN LACE LAPPET
Size: 4″ x 30″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 7:33 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York United States
Comments: A single lappet of Sedan needlelace (see http://tinyurl.com/bewrwkj for a discussion of Sedan lace). The small motifs with a lot of vertical symmetry are typical of Bérain style of the Louis XIV period, however the presence of the mesh is a bit later in development. The delicacy of the technique of this piece is exceptional.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  1730’s
Condition:
Modifications: No photos of the upper end so can’t comment on the complete condition.
Damage: Occasional pinholes throughout.
Soilage: Isolated brown spots.
Finish: Might be a little light creasing.

10/26/15 – The seller just sent me a photo of the entire lappet.

      $290.00, 4 bidders, Reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/ohchnhr ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 1800’s. LOVELY FINE MECHLIN LACE
Size: 3″ x 81″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 8:28 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York United States
Comments: A border of Mechlin, good floral design with single sprigs used as ‘esprits’.  Note the woven tallies in the fillings. Also note the areas of half-stitch in the flowers, which I usually take to be an indication of a slightly later piece.
Provenance: none cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: 2 joins. Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Seller cites some tiny possible repairs near the foot edge.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: vertical fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/pl95n8e A 38″ (98CM) LENGTH OF MID 18TH CENTURY HONITON BOBBIN LACE
Size: 2.25″ x 38″ (without engrelure)
Starting Price: £65.00
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 11:46 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A border of early Devon bobbinlace with a combination droschel and bride ground.  Note the almost tape-like quality of the motifs which often form spirals and loop back on the previous path – very typical of this lace. It’s an acquired taste which I like very much. Especially note the raised work against half-stitch ground in a zigzag line – unusual.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  Mid 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends, engrelure added.  Engrelure extends across one end.
Damage: Some frayed spots, pinholes, separation from engrelure.
Soilage: Some localized brown spotting.
Finish: vertical fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/nf5pdpv A VICTORIAN COTTON LAWN HANDKERCHIEF WITH A HONITON BOBBIN LAC EDGING
Size: 14.25″ square
Starting Price: £25.00
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 11:46 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A Honiton guipure handkerchief. Some elements recall snails/slugs style, but it is definitely breaking out of that mode.   For example, note the woven tally leadworks in the ‘turkey tail’-like elements around the edge. Some of the motifs are very open, which is unusual. And there’s some innovative raised work on a few leaves.  Square-mesh picoted brides, slightly irregular. The attachment to the center cloth is rather clumsily executed.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  Mid 18th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites one very light age mark.
Finish: Light fold creases, some wrinkling in the center cloth.

   Sold for £83.00, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p7nge7d Narrow tie or lappets of 18th C. Valenciennes lace Val and snow grounds
Size: ~32″ x 1.75″
Starting Price: $85.00
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 1:31 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: This piece is a good example of how a border (usually of the Louis XV type design) can be joined along the foot edge to increase the width of the piece.  Sometimes lappets were made this way. The original Valenciennes border has a round-hole mesh also has some snowflake fillings, fairly simple overall design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  Mid 18th c, modified in the 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Lengthwise join and assembly is a modification. Picoted border looks like a later addition.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. Might be a repair about half-way up on the outer edge of the right hand end in the photo below, or it might just be a trick of the light.
Soilage: Ivory white color.
Finish: No obvious creases, a little light wrinkling (minor).

   Sold for $94.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qdpdxxs Museum Quality Antique Point De Gaze Point De Rose Bruge Needle Lace
Size: 8.5″ x 16″
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: October 26, 2015 6:19 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller ladybirdsnest, Phoenix, Oregon, United States
Comments: A fragment of a fairly wide Point de Gaze flounce, no raised work. Excellent romantic floral design, and I especially like the 8-lobed floral decorative ‘mode’ fillings – beautifully executed. There is also a curious combination of very plain, un-ornamented clothwork in some of the flowers, and more complex definition with a different filling stitch in others. Wish there were more of this.
Provenance: Seller purchased it in Bruges in a small shop in 1986.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut both ends engrelure added.
Damage: Seller cites 3 small holes in the mesh.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: A little wrinkled.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/ocgort5 Antique Handmade Brussels Point de Gaze Duchess Lace Wedding  Handkerchief as is
Size: 14″ square
Starting Price: $24.99
Auction ends: October 27, 2015 8:35 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mctiques, Winterport, Maine, United States
Comments: A higher-end market Point de Gaze handkerchief, no raised work.  I especially like the little squares containing single rings around the inner border.  See comments below.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Extensive damage mostly to the mesh.  The majority of the clothwork looks in good shape. Question is, can something like this be repaired?  Yes – if you can find the proper thread, and if you know how to do a perfect Point de Gaze mesh stitch (with the correct hand position), and, if you understand how this piece was made so that the replacement mesh can integrate perfectly with the motifs.  I’m teaching a class in needlelace practicum at IOLI next year – a full week long every hour of the day used, and we are going to go into this exact question.  I’ve seen repairs that if you didn’t know they were there, look exactly original. Most repairs however, are very obvious.  As lacemakers, we need to do better.
Soilage: Looks a little beige in color.
Finish: Vertical and faint horizontal fold creases.  A little wrinkled in the cloth.

   Sold for $74.00, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p62csgg Fragment antique/vintage Brussels bobbin applique lace flounce
Size: 16″ x 42″
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: October 27, 2015 10:04 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A wide border of bobbinlace applique on machine net. There are a few needle-made knots used as fillings, but not much. Romantic floral design,a little sparse,  more a middle-market product.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Ends cut.
Damage: Occasional pinhole in the tulle.
Soilage: Seller cites soft old white color. Also says it has been laundered but gives no details on the process.
Finish: No obvious creases, slight wrinkling.

   Sold for £64.00, 11 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qhpebzq Antique Point de Gaze Lace Trim 160 Inches x 4 1/2 Estate Find Comes with Letter
Size: 4.5″ x 160″
Starting Price: $20.00
Auction ends: October 27, 2015 5:42 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mrpete2005, Willington, Connecticut, United States
Comments: A border of bobbinlace applique on machine net.  Good small motifs, fairly simple, conventional design.
Provenance: There is an accompanying letter, but hard to interpret.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: I think both ends are cut.
Damage: The engrelure is a little rough in places, but the main lace looks OK. However many of the photos are fuzzy and there are not many closeups.  Occasional stray thread.
Soilage: Looks brown in color with occasional dark brown spot.
Finish: Vertical fold creases, a little wrinkling along the header edge.

   Sold for $59.00, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p54yses Antique/vintage Brussels Point de Gaze lace bertha
Size: Note given.
Starting Price: £60.00
Auction ends: October 28, 2015 10:23 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze bertha with raised petal roses both along the center of the collar and on the outside edge.  Two types of decorative ‘mode’ fillings in the strapwork and oval cartouches, also some raised rings along leaf veining on the outer edge.  A typical example of the type.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites ‘small darns and tiny holes’ to the mesh. The repair appears to be alongside the center front neckline.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or winkles.

   Sold for £132.00, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/puklufs MAGNIFIQUE dentelle ancienne de Alençon point gaze volant broderie no lavée 1
http://tinyurl.com/ooee6z5 MAGNIFIQUE dentelle ancienne de Alençon point gaze volant broderie no lavée 4
Size: 8 cm x 2.9 m, 8 cm x 2 m
Starting Price: 15.00 EUR on both.
Auction ends: October 28, 2015 10:25 AM, October 28, 2015 10:32 AM PDT.
Offered by: Ebay seller lachantal, Alençon, France
Comments: I’ll put these two together since they are similar.  Both are Alençon borders, the first with either Brides tortilée or bouclée – no closeups to really be able to tell for certain. It’s a Herren Alençon type, often used for men’s ruffled cuffs.  It’s a simple design, not many fillings, with a réseau fin filled in along the lower border. Also, not a lot of picots and no horsehair that I can see, making me think of Argentan.
The second piece is a similar type meant to be ruffled, but with réseau fin throughout. The design is lighter due to the mare floral design, and the stitch used in the clothwork, which is also a sign of 19th c work.
I don’t ever recall having a seller from Alençon selling Alençon lace on Ebay.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  1st, 4th quarter 18th c, 2nd, early 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: Seller doesn’t comment much on condition, but the first one looks well intact from the photos.  The second one has some pulls and repairs to the réseau.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell the exact color.
Finish: Second one is a bit wrinkled.

  
Sold for 183.00 EUR, 7 bidders.
Sold for 130.00 EUR, 8 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/o53mwh2 MAGNIFIQUE dentelle ancienne de Alençon point gaze volant broderie no lavée 3
Size: 12 cm x 2.8 m
Starting Price: 15.00 EUR
Auction ends: October 28, 2015 10:30 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lachantal, Alençon, France
Comments: A border of Alençon, with a much more romantic 2nd empire floral design than the previous items by this seller.  Looks like some blue dye remains on the backside in places, probably from the original pattern.  Good decorative ‘mode’ fillings.  I don’t see any horsehair in the picots, but not enough closeups to get a really good look.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  mid 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.  Engrelure added.
Damage: Mesh appears in good shape, but not many photos to fully assess any damage. Seller cites some ‘petits trous’, but says that about all the listed laces.
Soilage: Looks clean – hard to tell the exact color.
Finish: Wrinkling throughout.

   Sold for 402.00 EUR, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qf44f8y 92 ins antique/vintage Brussels Duchesse lace border
Size: 4.5″ x 92″
Starting Price: £35.00
Auction ends: October 28, 2015 10:37 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A long border of Duchesse de Bruges – meaning no needlelace additions. Conventional motifs, irregular picoted brides.  Quite a pleasing arrangement, and I especially like the raised work on the half-stitch strapwork along the border.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut one end, can’t see the other. Engrelure added.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites pale ivory color.
Finish: Some of the raised work a bit wrinkled, minor.

   Sold for 146.00 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/o9zwe7y Fragment beautiful antique/vintage Point d’Angleterre lace border
Size: 49″ x 23.5″
Starting Price: £30.00
Auction ends: October 28, 2015 10:52 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A high-end market fragment of a Point d’Angleterre border. Excellent design, the fillings are well done and innovative, and note the little raised centers in some of the flowers. Very precise technique in the bobbinlace motifs.   Note also the needlelace lines attached to the ‘bar’ fillings which extend of a large area.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut ends, engrelure added.
Damage: Pulls and small holes/pinholes and repairs to the Point de Gaze ground.
Soilage: Seller cites age darkened mid cream color.  Some localized brown spotting.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £87.50, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/obyrhaf neat antique/vintage Brussels Duchesse lace collar
Size: 29″ neckline, 4″ back depth
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: October 28, 2015 11:03 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruges collar.  Note the islands in the irregular picoted brides, which you often see in Bruges work. Good raised work on half-stitch background in the flowers.  These are for the most part not typical Duchesse motifs, more in the Ghent style, and quite well done.  No needlelace accents. Good treatment along the neckline with the single woven tally in the arches, this mirrors the filling in the flowers quite nicely.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean, maybe a little beige in color?
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £25.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pyeegbo 19th C. handmade Irish Youghal needle lace collar COLLECTOR STUDY PIECE Fashion
Size: 13″ neckline, ~2.75″ deep
Starting Price: $158.00
Auction ends: October 28, 2015 4:21 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A small Youghal collar. The seller wrote a book on Youghal, and has a good discussion of this lace.  This particular piece has a good design, but the technique is a bit off. Note especially the extra heavy cordonnet, whose attachment seems a little odd. And the picoted buttonholed mesh looks sloppy.  I’m wondering if this is a later piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  early 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $158.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/pm93ryz RARE QUALITY BURANO COLLAR LACE
Size: 76″ long, 1.4″ center depth
Starting Price: $750.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: October 29, 2015 10:13 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller elias*123, Boro, Italy
Comments: A long collar of Burano – floral border all around with small sprigs used as esprits.  Good elegant design.
I get a lot of information from WordPress, which I use for LaceNews, including Internet searches that lead to this blog. One of the questions asked was ‘how rare is Burano lace?’.  I think I can answer that, since I keep very careful records of all the lace on Ebay (only about a third of those pieces actually make it to the Ebay Alerts). Of the 11,013 pieces that I’ve recorded since LaceNews started, only 58 were Burano. Compare that to 877 Point de Gaze pieces, and 900 Duchesse de Bruxelles, 832 Maltese, 830 bobbin and needle applique on machine net, 775 Honiton, 682 Duchesse de Bruges and Bloemwerk, then 416 for Chantilly. And so on.  I guess that answers that question.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: A few small red spots.
Finish: Might be a fold crease in the center.

   Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/obkhc6f Neat antique/vintage Brussels point de gaze lace collar
Size: 14.5″ neckline, 3.5″ center back depth.
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: October 29, 2015 10:58 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A collar of Point de Gaze, no raised work. Note the widely spaced looped picots around the outside edge, sign of a particular manufacturer.  The design is simple and light with knots and rings used as decorative ‘mode fillings, sometimes as lines, sometimes filling the centers of flowers.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: A few red spots on the outer edge.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £49.75, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p4q54va Antique/vintage 19th century Irish crochet lace cap
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: £20.00
Auction ends: October 29, 2015 11:03 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A fallcap of Irish Crochet.  Small, precise motifs many in a Gros Point style.  Good raised work around some motifs and as well as picoted rings. I think the picots are crocheted loops.  No symmetry to the design – it looks a bit thrown together. But the technique is quite interesting – very tightly worked.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Occasional broken bride.
Soilage: Seller cites age darkened mid ivory.  Occasional dark red spot.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for £32.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ntuegaf “FAB” Irish Crochet Collar
Size: 16″ neckline, 46″ bottom edge, 5.5″ deep.
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: October 29, 2015 11:15 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller jmlinens, Woodland Hills, California, United States
Comments: An Irish Crochet collar with large motifs. The design is symmetric down the center.  Picots might be Clones knots, I’m not certain.  The motifs are tightly woven with shamrocks, pinwheels, various flowers.  The motifs are a bit large, but it seems to work well in the design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/qappczl RARE EVENTAIL 19è DENTELLE AIGUILLE NACRE SCULPTEE 19thC NEEDLE LACE fan Fächer ventaglio
Size: 27.5 cm long
Starting Price: 249.00 EUR
Auction ends: October 29, 2015 1:40 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller merveillesdeparis, PARIS, France
Comments: A fan of Bobbin and Needlelace applique on machine net, with Mother of Pearl carved sticks. Well designed, with an elaborate monogram in the center. Extensive use of lines of rings as fillings.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Appears to be one stick missing on the left, and the guardstick perhaps replaced? The lace has been shortened somehow to fit – unclear if it was cut.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   Sold for 249.00 EUR, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/njzg5ss EVENTAIL 19ème DENTELLE AIGUILLE NACRE 19thC NEEDLE LACE fan Fächer ventaglio
Size: 21.5 cm long
Starting Price: 199.00 EUR
Auction ends: October 29, 2015 1:41 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller merveillesdeparis, PARIS, France
Comments: A Point de Gaze fan with Mother of Pearl sticks. No raised work other than some heavy rings in flower centers.  Good design of garlands, rather light in effect.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few holes and pinholes in the mesh.
Soilage: Lace looks a little beige.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/pbvtv9y GRAND EVENTAIL 19ème DENTELLE FUSEAUX BRUGES 19thC NEEDLE LACE fan Fächer ventaglio
Size: 32 cm long
Starting Price: 249.00 EUR
Auction ends: October 29, 2015 1:52 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller merveillesdeparis, PARIS, France
Comments: A fan of Duchesse de Bruges with Mother of Pearl sticks.  The lace is well done and has the closely woven appearance of Ghent work.  Roughly square picoted brides, and woven tally squares used as flower fillings. There’s a little raised work on halfstitch ground in some of the scrolls.  The backlit photos are great.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Some brown spotting, often near attachments to the sticks.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/q36cg28 LARGE FRENCH 19THC BERTHE/COLLAR IRISH HANDMADE CROCHET LACE FLOWER LABYRINTH
Size: 57″ outer edge, 11″ deep
Starting Price: $99.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: October 31, 2015 6:00 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller seltmeister, simmerath, Germany
Comments: A deep collar of Irish Crochet.  Note the 3-part ‘pinwheel clusters of flowers so typical of this lace. It has a limited number of moths – including the ‘snowflake design of raised rings.  Raised rings also used in flower centers. Picots look like crocheted loops.  I think this is Irish work.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1900
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

    Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/p56ujqq Stunningly Large BRUSSELS LACE Collar Antique Bridal Handmade Masterpiece
Size: 43.6″ x 23″ laid flat, 13.5″ center depth, 4″ side depth, 46″ neckline.
Starting Price: $295.00, $495.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 8:48 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller vintageblessings, Meridian, Idaho, United States
Comments: A deep frontpiece of English Honiton guipure. Snails/slugs style, starting to break out of that genera. Note the figural birds and butterflies, also well done woven tally leadworks. An impressive design of the flower garden ‘hedgerow’ effect so common in this type of lace. Excellent technique.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Seller cites some small breaks.
Soilage: Seller cites creamy off white color. Along with some localized light spots and faint tanning.
Finish: Some fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/qhfkzkl Intricate Antique Point de Gaze Needle Lace Collar Orchids Scrolls
Size: 21″ x 16″ laid flat, 6.75″ center depth, 7″ side depth, 17″ neckline.
Starting Price: $78.00, $195.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 9:25 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller vintageblessings, Meridian, Idaho, United States
Comments: An interesting Belgian needlelace frontpiece, both in design and technique. It has a combination of un-grounded work and Point de Gaze inserts without raised work. The clothwork has the same density throughout the whole piece. Extensive decorative ‘mode’ fillings, although they are fairly simple. Note the picoted double brides along the neckline, unusual. The design is a bit asymmetric with an Art Nouveau feel.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Small holes in the Pt de Gaze mesh, occasional broken bride.
Soilage: Seller cites light cream color.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $78.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/o3qc5dm A Beautiful Antique Point De Gaze Brussels Handkerchief 1890/1900
Size: 32 cm x 30 cm
Starting Price: £42.00
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 9:45 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse handkerchief, no raised work in the Point de Gaze inserts. Conventional Duchesse motifs, also no raised work other than the veining. Good conventional design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Occasional separation where the PtdG is attached, along along the cloth attachment.  Fixable.  PdG mesh looks good.
Soilage: Seller notes some age marks in the cloth.
Finish: Sold creases and wrinkles, especially in the cloth.

   Sold for 42.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/p9tpt5f A Gorgeous Brussels Point De Gaze Dress Front/back C.1890
Size: 38cm wide panel, 38 cm from back to front.
Starting Price: £62.00
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 10:25 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse deep collar or dress front.  Raised petal rose in one Point de Gaze insert, other inserts have no raised work. Note the lines of decorative ‘mode’ fillings, nicely done. The Duchesse is a bit on The Bruges Bloemwerk side with fairly large motifs.  The scale of all the motifs seems a little large.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Some small holes in the ptG mesh. Some3 brides look like a twisted pair instead of a full 4-plait, wonder if this is original, although it doesn’t interrupt the design.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

      Sold for 64.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/oexd9jq ANTIQUE HAND MADE VENETIAN GROS POINT NEEDLE LACE – 3 PIECES
Size: 13.5″ x 2″ and 9″ x 3″
Starting Price: £1.50
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 10:26 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller parsonagefinearts, London, United Kingdom
Comments: A set of Gros Point style cuffs with a matching choker collar. From some of the clothwork is done I think this might be a French piece.   Italy is a possibility, but the stitches don’t look right.  Very difficult to tell with these copies, they were made in several places.  This set has nicely shaped raised work, good filling stitches, but no special ornamentation.
This seller has also listed other excellent items, especially Irish Crochet.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c. or early 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: A few folds along the edges.

   Sold for 41.00 GBP, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/o93mdt5 A Stunning Length Of Antique Point De Gaze Lace. Circa 1890
Size: 14 cm x 180 cm
Starting Price: £82.00
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 10:55 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A s border of Point de Gaze, of a type that I sometimes call ‘guipure’. It has no Point de Gaze Ground, just a few twisted bar connections.   You see this come up for sale occasionally.  Interesting design, but not particularly sophisticated.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut. Engrelure added.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for 180.99 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/nm2fkda An Exquisite Long brussels Pont De gaze Lace Collar/lappets & Cuffs
Size: 10 cm x 120 cm, cuffs 23 cm x 8 cm.
Starting Price: £120.00
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 11:00 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruxelles shawl collar and matching cuffs. No raised work in the Point de Gaze inserts, but a little in the strapwork in the bobbinlace.  Conventional design, but it’s unusual to find a matching set.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some pinholes and small holes in the PtdG mesh.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Fold creases, slight wrinkling.

   Sold for 120.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/o3l4jt5 FINE EARLY C19TH BRUSSELS APPLIQUE BOBBIN LACE LAPPET
Size: 4″ x 43″
Starting Price: £1.50
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 11:00 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller winterwonderlandfairy, london, United Kingdom
Comments: A lappet scarf of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net.  Simple leaf design at the ends, and  I especially like the quatrafoil designs used as esprits in the main ground.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some pinholes and a few tiny holes in the tulle.
Soilage: Pale cream color.
Finish: Some creasing in the tulle.

   Sold for 33.00 GBP, 10 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/palquqv FINE EARLY C19TH BRUSSELS APPLIQUE BOBBIN LACE LAPPET
Size: 3″ x 8.5″, 3″ x 3.5″, 3.5″ x 9″
Starting Price: £4.99
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 12:32 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller vane90, UK, United Kingdom
Comments: Please look at all the listings by this seller; I’m showing two photos below from separate posts and only giving information for the bobbinlace.  For several weeks this seller has been listing short bobbinlace samples, along with some needlelace. I spoke with the seller who indicates they were purchased as a lot from an antique and vintage haberdashery dealer who specializes in buying up large batches of dead stock in France. They appear to have been part of a sample book at one point because some of them have glue on the backs. They come from the Craponne-Sur-Arzon area, and the bobbinlace looks typical of this area.  The needlelace samples, however, look very much like Viennese Art Nouveau lace, and were probably imported by the retailer.
This is a remarkable collection and is proving quite popular with buyers. Hopefully someone can help identify the manufacturer.
Provenance: See comments.
Date:  early 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Some have signs of glue on the back.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

  
Sold for 33.00 GBP, 5 bidders.
Sold for 24.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pl6w43e ANTIQUE LACE- EARLY FLEMISH, MILANESE LACE LARGE OVAL TABLECLOTH
Size: oval – 12″ x 75-76″
Starting Price: $45.00 with reserve.
Auction ends: October 18, 2015 2:10 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: An oval tablecloth assembled from what looks like earlier pieces. These all appear to be Northern Italian, Milanese.  The center part and the scrolling wide border with 5-star ground around the edge are especially impressive. There’s a chance some of it might be Flemish, but I’d like a closer look before making that attribution.
Provenance: An estate piece.
Date:  18th c? Assembled in the early 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: An assembled piece.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   $159.30, 5 bidders, reserve not met.

http://tinyurl.com/q6m7nd8 A VICTORIAN HONITON BOBBIN LACE APPLIQUE SHAWL WRAP OR VEIL ON BLACK MACHINE NET.
Size: 23″ x 110″
Starting Price: £45.00
Auction ends: October 19, 2015 11:59 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: Black Honiton does come up occasionally – this is a rectangular shawl  applique on machine net.  Moving away from the snails/slugs stle, with three floral sprays at the ends, esprits of sprigs in the ground, and a fairly narrow border up the sides. Good woven tally leadwork fillings, and the net has been cut from behind some, but not all of them.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  18th c? Assembled in the early 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Small repairs throughout, occasional pinhole.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for 77.30 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/q9l7ujp A VICTORIAN HAND MADE BLACK CHANTILLY BOBBIN LACE FICHU C1860 – 80
Size: 59″ x 13.5″ at center.
Starting Price: £40.00
Auction ends: October 19, 2015 1:12 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A fichu collar of Chantilly. Romantic floral elegant design with esprits in the ground. Hard to guess on this one if it is French or Belgian.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  18th c? Assembled in the early 20th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites minor breaks repairs.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: Some creasing, or this might just be a few repairs..

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/o9omsak ANTIQUE LACE-CIRCA 19THC.BRUSSELS LACE BONNET VEIL,FLOUNCE
Size: 13″ x 47″
Starting Price: $295.00
Auction ends: October 19, 2015 1:12 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments: A narrow shawl of Brussels bobbinlace applique on net – I can’t tell from the photos if it is machine or droschel.  I suspect Machine, but would love to have a closer look (if it is droschel it would be a very late example). The design looks a lot like 18th c organization (especially the hexagonal mesh filling), but has a more later 19th c technique. Notably the needle-made decorative fillings. Quite an interesting piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites a few tiny openings.
Soilage: Seller cites ‘cream patina’.
Finish: Light creasing.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/purqp8s Antique Museum Piece d’ ALENCON LACE Large Bertha Collar Shawl
Size: 13″ x 47″
Starting Price: $225.00
Auction ends: October 20, 2015 10:54 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller vintageblessings, Meridian, Idaho, United States
Comments: A bertha collar of Punto de Milan, which is a pieced bobbinlace (Old Flanders) with a needle-made ground. The ground does resemble the Alençon ground, which no doubt accounts for the note on the tag. Nicely organized floral ground with overall fine work. I particularly like the little flowers along the neckline. This is a type of lace that often suffers from sloppy technique and coarser threads – not here.
Provenance: Comes with a tag saying “Bertha of ALappet point, d’Alencon, Donor Mrs. George Comstock. ”
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Some localized light spots. Overall light cream or ivory color.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/obp2yfr ANTIQUE ECRU IVORY BEIGE POINT DE GAZE LACE COLLAR CAPELET
Size: 9″ deep, hard to tell the neckline measurement. Says it first 15″, 16″, 17″ or 18″.
Starting Price: $245.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: October 20, 2015 11:56 AM
Offered by: Ebay seller Imgcareer, San Ramon, California, United States
Comments: A deep collar of Brussels Duchesse. Raised petal roses in the Point de Gaze inserts, note the petals have small diamond windows – sign of a better manufacturer.  Very dense romantic florals with a few decorative ‘mode’ needlelace fillings. A little raised work on the strapwork in the bobbinlaces.  I find the motifs a little large for the size of the piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Unsold.

http://tinyurl.com/nec5n5n Seven Lace Scrapbook pages: Handmade English Bedfordshire Bobbin lace samples
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $105.00
Auction ends: October 20, 2015 2:31 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: This seller is doing several auctions on pages from this collection. The samples collected are excellent examples of each type.  An impressive collection.
Provenance: Assembled in the 1970’s by an English lacemaker.
Date:  varies with type.
Condition:
Modifications: Samples stitched to pages or cloth which is mounted on the pages.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $105.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/qe4n9p4 6 pc Vtg Antique Nanduti Tenerife Lace Runner Placemats lotn5
Size: placemats – 12.5″ x 18″.  Runner 13″ x 31.5″
Starting Price: $29.00
Auction ends: October 20, 2015 7:03 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller kzfisch, Brielle, New Jersey, United States
Comments: A set of 5 Ñanduti placemats and one runner. I’m guessing one placemat might be missing. Each has a number of different ‘sol’ motifs with palm leaves around the edge. Center is a grid mat of decorative stitches.  I’ve never seen a set like this before.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  ~1950.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Most ivory off white color, 2 placemats more ecru.  Some age spots and uneven patina.
Finish: Fold creases.

   Sold for $29.00, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/pcaoknn Interesting late 19th C.handmade Point de Gaze needle lace collar
Size: placemats – 12.5″ x 18″.  Runner 13″ x 31.5″
Starting Price: $39.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: October 21, 2015 5:41 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments: A small round collar of Point de Gaze. No raised work, and very simple rings and knots used as fillings.  Note the looped widely spaced picots around the other edge.  Good delicate simple design.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  probably around 1900.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Stains around the neckline and a little into the back of the lace collar.
Finish: Fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/o9uvzbe * Superb POINT de GAZE Brussels Needle Lace Antique Fan *
Size: 10″ long guardsticks.
Starting Price: $145.00
Auction ends: October 22, 2015 12:50 PM
Offered by: Ebay seller jaruk, Worcester, United Kingdom
Comments: A Point de Gaze fan with amber sticks and the original tassel. Raised petal roses with diamond windows.  The whole piece looks slightly off – the fan leaf doesn’t seem wide enough. But it does not appear to be cut down.  Excellent floral design, good decorative ‘mode’ fillings, technically rather sophisticated.  Point de Gaze with a lot of raised work throughout may not be the best material for a folding fan, and it does look a little bulky folded up.  I also like the sticks with their carved edges.
Provenance: None cited.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few pinholes in the mesh, minor.
Soilage: Seller cites off-white shade.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   Sold for $308.00, 4 bidders.