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I finally got the nerve to add a separate ‘Date’ item to each description. It’s a little scary to do this because I have to commit to something.  So here goes!  Just remember, these are my opinions, and anyone that wants to challenge them is more than welcome.

http://tinyurl.com/pqtgyqm Antique cream silk maltese lace edging just over 12ft/ 3 metres
Size: 4.25″ to just over 12 feet
Starting Price: 29.99 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 9:22 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller gamboge27, Wadhurst, United Kingdom
Comments: A long border of cream silk Maltese.  Well worked designed of alternating crosses and flowers with a wheat-ear scalloped edging.  I also like the straight edge treatment. Good example, and the length is exceptional.
Date:  Pieces like this were made from the 2nd half of the 19th c well into the 20th c. I’m guessing around 2nd quarter 20th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: I can only see one end, but it looks like a natural beginning.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

  Sold for 41.05 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qzfz3bm Antique/vintage large embroidred net shawl – wedding
Size: 37″ x 122″
Starting Price: 50.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 10:39 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular embroidered net shawl, a little wider than usual. The embroidery is tambour, no needle-run fillings, but it doesn’t need them.  Beautiful design of flower sprays and esprits, totally relying on single lines.
This is a very good week for excellent embroidered and applique net.
Date:  I’ll guess early 20th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites a repair in one corner, but I can’t see it in the photos..
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Slightly wrinkled, minor. Beautiful drape to the tulle.

      Sold for 50.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/q2so3l9 AN EARLY 19TH C. BRUSSELS OR HONITON APPLIQUE LACE BONNET VEIL ON DROSCHEL NET
Size: 25.5″ x 40″
Starting Price: 40.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 10:48 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A bonnet veil of bobbinlace applique on droschel net.  I count about 11 veils like this coming up on Ebay since I started keeping records in 2010.  Having done detailed measurements on similar pieces under a microscope, the linen thread in the mesh is some of the finest hand-spun thread ever seen.   In general I think Honiton has more elaborate fillings, and no needlelace accents.  I think this is a Belgian piece, although England is still a possibility.
You can clearly see the vertical strips of droschel against the grey background.  Beautiful work all around.
Date: They date late 19th c to about 1830 (I have one with documentation), but further dating is difficult since this is a common design arrangement.  Later 18th c pieces tend to have a more ‘Directoire’ look, while early 19th c is more naturalistic. can be difficult to tell Brussels work from Honiton. Maybe around 1820 for this piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.  Interesting, it doesn’t have a large hole tape at the top or a fold through which you can string a ribbon.
Damage: Scattered small holes and pinholes in the mesh.
Soilage: Localized red spotting – not uncommon in pieces like this.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for 40.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/prnz5vg Antique delicate Brussels needlelace hat veil – flowers and wheatears – wedding
Size: 45″ x 36″
Starting Price: 85.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 11:01 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A Belgian bonnet veil of needlelace applique on machine net, and it’s a nice compliment to the previous piece. No esprits in the ground. The motifs are well drawn and executed, appropriately accented by a few single raised rings and grids of knots.
Date:  Probably no earlier than 1830 since machine net wasn’t used much before then.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.  Note the fold at the top for the drawstring.
Damage: Occasional pinhole in the tulle, and tiny breaks in some of the fillings.
Soilage: Seller cites “slightly age darkened mid ivory” color. A few tiny red spots.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

      Sold for 98.99 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qbn5d2y 1.48 METRES OF LATE 17TH / EARLY 18TH CENTURY BOBBIN TAPE LACE – Prob N. Italian
Size: 7.5″ x 4 feet 10″
Starting Price: 37.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 11:05 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Milanese style tape lace with the typical irregular six-sided mesh of early lace. The narrow tapes have simple flower terminations, and small mechlin-type fillings. The narrower lines might indicate a slightly later date.
Date:  Early 18th c. This was a lace often duplicated later on, so hard to tell exact date.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut one end, can’t see the other end.  The lower edge looks cut in places, with a separate plaited narrow border.
Damage: A few small holes in the mesh, a few repairs.
Soilage: Small localized rust spots.  Looks a little yellowed in one photo.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/qany45c JUST UNDER 6.00 METRES OF VICTORIAN HONITON APPLIQUE LACE
Size: 14.5 cm x 6 meters
Starting Price: 12.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 11:41 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A very long border of Honiton applique on machine net. Snails/slugs styles, with an effective edge design and small sprigs in the upper ground. Some small fillings of woven leadwork tallies.  I find this an effective design.
Date:  Probably later 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut and secured on one end, can’t see the other end.
Damage: Some small holes and pinholes in the tulle, some small repairs.  One join 1 meter from an end, which is to be expected with a piece this long.
Soilage: Small localized rust spots.  Looks a little yellowed in one photo.
Finish: A little creased.

   Sold for 117.00 GBP, 7 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/q7ujx9m BEAUTIFUL VICTORIAN BRUSSELS BOBBIN LACE DOUBLE LAYERED SHAWL WITH RAISED WORK
Size: 90.5″ x 35″
Starting Price: 80.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 11:59 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A mantilla of Duchesse de Bruges. These are not conventional Duchesse motifs, they are more elegant and note the tightly woven leaves, nicely shaded with half stitch.  And the interesting woven square tallies used as fillings and veining.  Some raised work on halfstitch background in the strapwork along the edges. The line of small flowers along the headpiece indicates a place to fold the piece, note that the design surface reverses on either side of the line so that the top is always shown when folded.
Elegant, impressive work.
Date:  Late 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites one broken bride.
Soilage: Some localized red spots.
Finish: A little creased.

   Sold for 280.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pmalprf A 3.00 METRES LENGTH OF LATE 18TH CENTURY BURANO NEEDLE LACE – 3″ (7.5cm) Deep
Size: 7.5 cm x 2.90 m
Starting Price: 20.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 12:04 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A fairly long border of early Burano needlelace.  Typical simple design, meant to be ruffled.  The large areas of fillings along the edge are unusual. This type of lace is noted for the ‘streaky’ ground, worked vertically across the border, and was done on a pillow. The couched outline gimp is also typical, even this early date.
Seller has a few more pieces of this listed.
Date:  Late 18th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Two joins. I think it is ut on one end (not sure), can’t see the other end.
Damage: Seller cites a number of small repairs
Soilage: Some localized brown spots. Overall yellowing.
Finish: A few creases toward the visible end.

   Sold for 41.00 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/na2exck A VICTORIAN HAND EMBROIDERED TULLE LIMERICK LACE SQUARE SHAWL, KERCHIEF OR VEIL
Size: ~48″ square
Starting Price: 35.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 12:12 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A tambour embroidered net square shawl with a little needlerun work used as fillings.  Good massed flower designs, recalling Blonde-de-Caen.  Might be Limerick, although there isn’t any Irish iconography, and little needlerun work. My guess would be Belgian.
Date:  If Limerick, probably after 1880 when the revival of the industry occurred. But the design seems earlier.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some pinholes and small holes in the tulle, at least one repair.
Soilage: Some localized brown spots. .
Finish: A few minor creases.

   Sold for 60.00 GBP, 4 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/oy7o8hx A 1.0 METRE LENGTH OF VICTORIAN HAND MADE BLONDE DE CAEN SILK LACE & TWO PIECES
Size: 6″ x 1m.  Two shorter pieces 11″ long.
Starting Price: 5.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 12:27 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: Silk Blonde de Caen border with the typical heavy scalloped edge and large buds used as esprits.  This type of lace doesn’t survive well, and is quite impressive at its best. This one has seen better days, but is a good example of the type.
Date:  2nd quarter 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: Cut all ends.
Damage: General wear, some holes in the mesh.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Overall wrinkling.

   Sold for 7.50 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pneap88 LOVELY ANTIQUE BRUSSELS LACE LAPPET COLLAR FANTASTIC CONDITION!!!
Size: ~50″ x 4.5″ max width.
Starting Price: $29.99
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 12:47 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller courtqueen, Buford, Georgia, United States
Comments: A Duchesse de Bruxelles collar with long points. No raised work in the Point de Gaze inserts.  There is raised work in the bobbinlace against halfstitch ground in the strapwork. Conventional bobbinlace motifs – nice small buds along the neckline.
Date:  Late 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: I think there might be a repair around the neckline center back. PtdG mesh looks OK.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Slight wrinkling

   Sold for $52.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/oj79uny Antique/vintage delicate tambour lace shawl c. 1850 – wedding
Size: front neckline 108″.  Collar seam to edge, 26″, collar depth 9″.
Starting Price: 120.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 1:37 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: An embroidered machine mantilla with attached collar. Heavily embroidered with tambour, and I think there are needlerun filling stitches.  Impressive design at the back, with similarly decorated rectangular ends.  Irish or Belgian – this is an unusual form.
Date:  2nd half 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites slightly age darkened mid ivory color. Brow stains at one end.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

      Sold for 120.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/o8eed62 Antique Off White Delicate Sheer Cotton Lace Handkerchief
Size: 16″ x 16.5″
Starting Price: $24.99
Auction ends: August 16, 2015 8:47 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller dynamopix09, Reading, Massachusetts, United States
Comments: A handkerchief of Brussels bobbinlace applique on machine net. The design is conventional florals in a middle-market product. I do like the inner edge treatment and could only imagine the improvement if the cloth followed those outlines.  And the overall design is well filled, nice presence when viewed in its entirety.
Date:  Later 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Holes in the Tulle.
Soilage: Seller washed with delicate linen laundry detergent by soaking overnight.  My congratulations to the seller for giving these details!
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $33.00, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/p5nxgeu VINTAGE POINT DE GAZE? MIXED LACE COLLAR CUFFS TRIM NEW OLD STOCK ANTIQUE WHITE
Size: cuffs: 2.75″ to 4.25″ x 9.25″.  Collar 3.5″ max depth.  Neckpiece, 3.5″ x 23.5″
Starting Price: $19.99
Auction ends: August 17, 2015 2:27 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mytara06, Carrollton, Texas, United States
Comments: A set of two cuffs, a collar, and what looks like a neckpiece of Duchesse de Bruges. No raised work in the Point de Gaze inserts.  Conventional Duchesse motifs and design, no raised work.  They look like they all match.
Date:  Around 1900.
Provenance: Estate sale.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Look clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.  Unused with original tags.

   Sold for $21.50, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pamsdb4 VINTAGE POINT DE GAZE? LACE COLLAR CUFFS TRIM NEW OLD STOCK ANTIQUE WHITE
Size: cuffs: 2.75″ x 9-3/8″.  Collar 3.5″ max depth.  Neckpiece, 3.75″ x 23.25″
Starting Price: $19.99
Auction ends: August 17, 2015 2:27 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mytara06, Carrollton, Texas, United States
Comments: A set of two cuffs, a collar, and a neckpiece of Point de Gaze, same estate as the previous set. Raised petal roses, and note the diamond windows in the petals. Other than that the pieces are fairly conventional design.  Rare to find such a set.
Date:  Around 1900.
Provenance: Estate sale.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Look clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.  Unused with original tags.

   Sold for $107.50, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/po35puy Antique handmade needle lace doillie from white cotton,
Size: 14 cm diameter.
Starting Price: $7.99
Auction ends: August 18, 2015 7:56 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mylittleboyke, Borgloon, Belgium
Comments: A Burano doily, nice to compare with the early Burano above.  Picoted bride ground, interesting clothwork, irregular picoted brides.  A little raised work with scallops.
Date:  Mid 20th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Look clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $9.49, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qgqt628 French Large Black Lace Fan Shell 18 Arms Paris 1870
Size: 12.5″ long, 23″ wide
Starting Price: $360.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: August 18, 2015 11:23 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller french-antic, Auray, France
Comments: Hard to tell given the background cloth, but this does appear to be Chantilly. Typical romantic floral design, from what I can tell. Imitation tortoiseshell sticks.
Date:  People tend to date this retailer around 1870.
Provenance: Comes with a box labeled A. Rodien.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Tip of one guard stick and one slip missing, one broken slip.  On the lace, nothing obvious from the photos, but difficult to tell.
Soilage: Look clean but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/olgr39d ANTIQUE ECRU IVORY BEIGE POINT DE GAZE LACE COLLAR CAPELET
Size: 9″ deep.  I think and 18″ neckline is indicated.
Starting Price: $245.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: August 18, 2015 4:30 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lmgcareer, San Ramon, California, United Sates
Comments: A Brussels Duchesse deep collar with raised petal roses in the Point de Gaze inserts. Diamond windows in the raised petals indicating a higher quality piece.  Note the raised work on halfstitch ground in the strapwork. Dense floral design with rather large motifs, excellent technique.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Look clean, maybe a little yellow? Or that could just be the photography.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/nb6osvm Antique delicate Brussels needlelace rectangular shawl
Size: 25.5″ x 132″
Starting Price: 220.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 19, 2015 10:25 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A rectangular shawl of Brussels needlelace applique on machine net.  Some fillings of rings and knots in a grid pattern, no elaborate ‘mode’ decorations. Floral design with lots of trailing tendrils, no esprits. I find the design a little stiff- almost looks like contemporary examples of muslin applique on net.
Date:  3rd quarter 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Small holes in the ground, some repair to the mesh.
Soilage: Seller cites two areas of age browning.
Finish: Small amount of light creasing.

      Sold for 220.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/pxqyr2w Antique Hand Made 5″ Wide x 44″ Lace Collar Duchese Brussels Wrap Scarf Flounce
Size: 5″ x 44″
Starting Price: $139.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: August 21, 2015 4:06 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller youratticktreasures, Owings Mills, Maryland, United States
Comments: A Honiton guipure bertha, moderately rare form for Honiton. Snails/slugs style with woven picoted brides.
So it is interesting that this ‘cornucopia’ motif combined with the woven brides has shown up in another Honiton bertha (apologies, I don’t have the sale record), see the 2nd photo below.
Extensive woven leadwork tally fillings.
Date:  4th quarter 19th c.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites two tiny minor breaks.
Soilage: Seller cites some faint age stains here and there.
Finish: A little wrinkled along the neckline.

      No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/oongm4w A VICTORIAN BRUSSELS LACE COLLAR WITH DESIGN OF FLOWERS – Probably Unused
Size: 17″ neckline, 6″ deep center front.
Starting Price: 20.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 9, 2015 11:15 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A dress front of Duchesse de Bruges.  Note the gimp edges of virtually all motifs, and the little ‘islands’ in the irregular picoted brides.  Overall good technique and interesting naturalistic design.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few frayed fillings and motif edges, minor.
Soilage: Maybe a little beige in color.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for 22.40 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qgvppuo A VICTORIAN BRUSSELS DUCHESSE LACE DRESS FRONT OR PLASTRON WITH POINT DE GAZE
Size: 15.5″ x 6.5″
Starting Price: 16.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 9, 2015 11:15 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A triangular dress insert of Brussels Duchesse, no raised work in the Point de Gaze insert. No raised work in the bobbinlace. Dense design, and the point de Gaze gives a little lightness to the piece. I like the treatment around the neckline.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Seller cites a few small bride breaks and one slightly frayed motif.
Soilage: Beige color with occasional light red stain.
Finish: Vertical fold creases down the center.  Other slight creasing along the edges.

   Sold for 18.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/ozucb99 A BEAUTIFUL EARLY VICTORIAN HONITON LACE VEIL, SCARF OR WRAP – 102″ (260cm) Long
Size: 15.5″ x 21.5″
Starting Price: 70.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 9, 2015 11:46 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller garden*hill, Reading, United Kingdom
Comments: A long rectangular scarf of Honiton applique on machine net.  Elegant, well made designs, excellent technique.  Extensive leadwork tallies used as fillings. Large sprigs are scattered in the net ground, these are a bit more snails/slugs style than the end motifs. Overall it’s quite an interesting piece.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Occasional pinhole in the tulle.
Soilage: Some isolated red spotting.
Finish: Fold creases, and some other irregular soft creases.

   Sold for 87.00 GBP, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/oyvwjdp Vtg Antique Point de Gaze Lace Fan
Size: 9.5″ x 18″
Starting Price: $39.00
Auction ends: August 10, 2015 11:54 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller kzfisch, Brielle, New Jersey, United States
Comments: A Point de Gaze fan with amber colored sticks (probably bone slips above) – the amber material might be a celluloid. The roses in the PtdG are large with multiple raised petals of unusual shape. The motifs are a little more innovative than normally found, and a surprisingly good match for the sticks.  I like the overall shape of the lace, although the raised roses do add a bit of bulk to a folding fan.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: Some darkening of the glue where slips are attached to the slips.  PtdG mesh looks basically in good shape.
Soilage: Lace is a bit stained from the glue in places.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   Sold for $77.89, 5 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pa6f7b7 Antique/vintage Brussels applique lace square wedding veil/shawl
Size: 80″ square
Starting Price: 220.00 GBP
Auction ends: August 11, 2015 12:12 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments: A square shawl of muslin applique on machine net – note the angular scalloped edges. The motifs are attached with chain stitch, meaning this is probably a Belgian manufacture.  A few simple needlelrun motifs are used as fillings.  Overall design is an elegant leaf and floral arrangement, large sprigs used in the main part of the net as esprits.  An excellent example – this technique can be difficult to control.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: A few pinholes n the tulle.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal and vertical fold creases, some minor light wrinkling.

   Sold for 230.55 GBP, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pj7akez 2 Antique Genuine Rare NANDUTI LACE Doilies Finest Spiderweb Palm Leaf Finish
Size: 11.5″ and 5″ diameters.
Starting Price: $29.95
Auction ends: August 11, 2015 5:50 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller purpletigerblue, Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States
Comments: This seller always has wonderful Ñanduti.  I’ve seen the larger doily pattern before, in fact I have one in my own collection. These are both excellent examples of the best of mid 20th C work.  I cited this last week, but take a look at the recently published English translation of Annick Sanjurjo’s “Lace of Paraguay”, http://www.nandutilace.com/englishhome.html.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition:
Modifications: None.
Damage: One broken thread in the larger piece.
Soilage: Seller cites light age discoloration on the larger piece.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $29.95, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/qc5uqb3 ANTIQUE LACE- FINE SCALLOPED NEEDEPOINT LACE FLOUNCE
Size: 7″ x 69″
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: August 12, 2015 6:19 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments:  A late 19th or early 20th c Venise-type needlelace flounce with triangular scalloped edge. Good flowing design – might be a Belgian piece given the delicacy of the fillings, and the widely spaced buttonholed borders.  There’s a little sculpting of the raised edges. Overall quite fine work.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: Can’t see the ends to tell if they are cut.
Damage: A few weaknesses in the upper border.
Soilage: Seller cites “Original cream color”.
Finish: Some slight wrinkling.

   Sold for $77.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/pkong5w ANTIQUE LACE-LOVELY 19THC.BRUSSELS POINT DE GAZE LACE DRESS FRONT W/ROSES
Size: Not given.
Starting Price: $75.00
Auction ends: August 12, 2015 6:21 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments:  A Point de Gaze triangular dress insert with raised petal roses. Conventional motifs in a good design. Good decorative ‘mode’ fillings, although not particularly varied.  Nice example of the type.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites “Original cream patina”.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles – looks unused.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/qbzn2yw ANTIQUE LACE- CIRCA 18THC. ORNATE BRABANT LACE COLLAR
Size: ~17″ at top, 73-75″ around bottom, 16″ wide (not entirely sure what all that means).
Starting Price: $150.00
Auction ends: August 12, 2015 6:43 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mithya, New York, United States
Comments:  A short cape or very large collar assembled from a later 17th c Belgian pieced bobbinlace with bride ground.  It is more refined than Brabant, yet not as refined as the best Brussels work. Some of the motifs have been cut along the edges, and the picoted border is an addition.  The motifs have been reassembled in many places,so the bride ground is probably a later addition (although it looks contemporary).  Good decorative clothwork in the motifs along with a variety of fillings. Any symmetry in the design has been lost in the assembly process, but you can recognize similar motifs throughout the piece.
See comment at the end of this post.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: Garment made from an early Brussels bobbinlace flounce.
Damage: Some areas of broken and frayed brides.
Soilage: Seller cites “original cream patina”
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

      No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/pdm4z6p Vintage Nanduti Bobin Lace Cotton Hanky – Bridal Wedding Handkerchief – Lovely!
Size: 12″ square
Starting Price: $24.00 Buy-it-Now
Auction ends: August 12, 2015 1:39 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller angiesfolly, Bellaire, Texas, United States
Comments:  A small handkerchief with elaborate drawnwork border. Brazil, Mexico, Teneriffe, are all possible origins. The work is carefully done and beautifully finished.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller says it has recently been laundered and is ‘pristine white’, but gives no details on the laundering process.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/noh6msp ANTIQUE HAND CHANTILLY LACE PARASOL COVER EXCELLENT ESTATE
Size: 24″ in diameter.
Starting Price: $99.00
Auction ends: August 13, 2015 11:31 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
Comments:  A Chantilly 8-part parasol cover.  Excellent romantic floral design. Difficult to tell if it is Belgian or French from the photos.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean, but hard to tell with black lace.
Finish: Might be a long fold crease, or maybe the way it was photographed. Minor.

   Sold for $177.50, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qg4w3xx ANTIQUE ESTATE HAND ROSALINE LACE FLOUNCE
Size: 5″ x 70″
Starting Price: $45.00
Auction ends: August 13, 2015 11:31 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
Comments:  It does look like Rosaline with the small motifs and looped edges, but the motif design is leaning is a little more in the ‘Old Flanders’ direction. Kind of a crossover piece.   The single woven tally filling, the ‘islands’ in the brides, and the pseudo-snowflake fillings are also not typical of Rosaline.  I’ve got several pieces like this in my own collection, and they are all a little confusing.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: Cut both ends.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles. Looks unused.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/oqrkjxt ANTIQUE ESTATE FINEST ROSEPOINT LACE ITALIAN LOVELY
Size: 9″ x 80″
Starting Price: $99.00
Auction ends: August 13, 2015 11:31 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller heartnsoul1, Hollis, New Hampshire, United States
Comments:  A fairly wide flounce of Venise-type needlelace with raised edges. In places the edges are slightly sculpted.  Lots of diamond windows in the clothwork, and only one type of filling is used.  It’s quite difficult to tell where something like this was made, but I’m guessing French or Italian, primarily from the treatment of the lower edge.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: I see one cut end, can’t see the other.
Damage: Looks like there might be a few broken brides in the main body, seller also cites 3 1″ breaks along the top edge.
Soilage: Some isolated minor red spotting.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for $120.50, 3 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/plo38dj Antique Brussels Point de Gaze Duchesse Lace Wedding Hanky
Size: 12″ square
Starting Price: $69.00
Auction ends: August 13, 2015 5:15 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller mike10_mike, West Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Comments:  A handkerchief of Brussels Duchesse, no raised work in the Point de Gaze inserts.  Fairly simple design with good needlelace flowers. Conventional bobbinmade motifs, no elaborate raised work.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Seller cites a few small darks spots on the lace, one light blue spot and one small dark spot on the fabric.
Finish: Horizontal and vertical fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/o2asye2 Fan France 19th Century Bone Mother of Pearl Lace
Size: 12″ square
Starting Price: 665.60 EUR Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: August 13, 2015 6:06 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller ilmandarin0177, Berlin, Germany
Comments:  A fan of Brussels Duchesse with embossed Mother of Pearl sticks. No raised work in the fairly large Point de Gaze insert. Conventional Duchesse motifs, some raised work on halfstitch ground in the strapwork. I like the drawing of the roses.  Sticks are quite elaborate.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos. PtdG mesh looks OK.
Soilage: Lace is yellowed with  Actually the lace looks whiter in some photos – so I’m not sure of the actual color. Some dark spots – might be from glue on the sticks.
Finish: Expected fan creases.

   Unsold as of 8/14/205 7:51 AM MDT.

http://tinyurl.com/nwfbkln Fabulous Antique Hand Made Belgian Duchesse Lace Wedding Hanky #3
Size: ~13.5″ square
Starting Price: $26.00 Buy-it-Now or Make Offer
Auction ends: August 13, 2015 9:14 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller antique-monograms, Reno, Nevada, United States
Comments:  A Duchesse de Bruges handkerchief with small conventional motifs. Some tiny needle-made accents in flower centers.  Good dense floral design.
Provenance: Seller’s collection.
Condition: 
Modifications: None.
Damage: Tiny holes and a mark in the center cloth.  A few frayed and broken brides in the lace.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Faint horizontal and vertical fold creases.

   No bids.

http://tinyurl.com/pdo7cww Wide white handmade Maltese Bobbin Lace Hankderchief WEDDING
Size: ~13″ square
Starting Price: $35.00
Auction ends: August 14, 2015 12:00 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments:  A Maltese handkerchief of unusual design. The border is a typical heart and teardrop pattern, often seen in borders, but seldom in handkerchiefs. Nice to see this made specifically for this form. The thread and cloth look like linen, which is unusual for Maltese.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal and vertical fold creases, some wrinkling.

   Sold for $38.00, 2 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/omlm57c Antique/vintage Honiton lace Edwardian stand collar and dress front – tulip
Size: 14.5″ neckline, 10.5″ long.
Starting Price: 30.00 GBP.
Auction ends: August 14, 2015 11:00 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments:  A triangular dress insert with attached standing collar of Honiton. Snails/slugs style with an interesting tulip motif center front. Looks like it has a needle-made ground, sometimes called Honiton Point.  Good woven tally leadworks in the tulip motif.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None.
Damage: Nothing obvious from the photos.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

  Sold for 30.00 GBP, 1 bidder.

http://tinyurl.com/p2ru3py 144 ins antique/vintage silk maltese lace border.
Size: 4.5″ x 144″
Starting Price: 30.00 GBP.
Auction ends: August 14, 2015 11:12 PM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller derbeatle, Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Comments:  A silk Maltese border, same heart and teardrop design as the handkerchief above. Some weak spots on the foot edge. Elegant, fairly elaborate design finely worked.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: Cut both ends.
Damage: A few frayed places and broken brides.
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: No obvious creases or wrinkles.

   Sold for 91.00 GBP, 6 bidders.

http://tinyurl.com/qdmokv9 Good quality handmade English Honiton bobbin lace handkerchief. 19th C.
Size: ~15″ square
Starting Price: $105.00
Auction ends: August 14, 2015 12:00 AM PDT
Offered by: Ebay seller lacemerchant, Whiting, Indiana, United States
Comments:  An interesting Honiton handkerchief with and outer border and inner insertion of lace.  Well made small flowers, well out of the snails/slugs style. Beautiful flower garden design.
Provenance: None cited.
Condition: 
Modifications: None.
Damage: Small hole in the center cloth. Lace looks OK>
Soilage: Looks clean.
Finish: Horizontal and vertical fold creases, a lot of wrinkling in the cloth.

   No bids.