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LACES & COSTUME ACCESSORIES 1. Collection of five underskirts of linen with white work & lace frills, three underskirts of linen with white work flounce, a pettticoat of linen and three drawers in linen with whitework or lace edgings, some with family crests, late 19th Cent. Provenance : Counts Villechaise d’Andigné (good condition, dusty) 120 0/ 15 € 2. Collection of four underskirts of linen with white work & lace frills, four underskirts of linen with white work flounce, a pettticoat of fine linen and Valenciennes lace and three drawers in linen with whitework or lace edgings, some with family crests, late 19th Cent. Provenance : Counts Villechaise d’Andigné (good condition, dusty). 120 / 150 € 3. A woman jacket of fine linen and lace, a bodice of fine linen and lace, a dress of litlle girl, embroidered night gown and night coat in linen and lace, some with family crests, late 19th Cent. Provenance : Counts Villechaise d’Andigné (good condition, dusty). 150 / 200 € 4. Collection of 19th‐century bobbin and machine laces, Brussels lace Dim: 2,25m x 8cm (good condition) 2,25m x 8cm (a hole) Valenciennes & Lille bobbin lace, 18th cent Flemish lace with 5 holes ground Dim: 2,25m x 6cm (good condition) metalic machine lace Dim : 1,40m x 30cm (two holes) 100 / 150 € 5. Collection of women's costume accessories, including a Chantilly bobbin lace large collar, a whitework collar, a cravat of machine lace and four handkerchiefs in fine linen with whitework embroidery, two with Valenciennes bobbin lace, edgings 2nd half 19th cent. (some holes in some of the pieces). 100 / 150 € 6. A pretty bodice in Irish crochet, a large lace collar in guipure chimical lace with motifs of leaves and fruits of chestnut, and a bertha of tape‐lace, late 19th cent (good condition, some yellowish area at the Irish blouse) 150 / 200 € 7. Christening gown with whitework “broderie anglaise” and bobbin lace decoration, and its petticoat, beginning of the 20th cent (good condition) 200 / 250 € 8. Part of a bourgeois wardrobe in lace and embroidery, 2nd half 19th cent Children : four dresses & a christening gown Women : a chemise, a bodice, a chemisette, a night gown With six additive small pillow cases and a bigger one (good condition) 180 / 220 € 9. Hand‐made motifs for application including bobbin and needle‐work, filet and tatting, some with animals motifs, early 20th cent (unused condition) 60 / 80 € 10. Quantity of Valenciennes, embroidered net and machine lace borders in a green floral fabric box, late 19th ‐ early 20th cent, some of them in an unused condition (good condition). 150 / 200 € 11. Quantity of Valenciennes, Lille and Mechlin bobbin lace, embroidered net and machine lace borders in a beige floral fabric box, late 19th ‐ early 20th cent, some of them in an unused condition (good condition). 150 / 200 € 12. Quantity of Chantilly and Cluny bobbin laces and machine lace borders in a box, late 19th ‐ early 20th cent 60 / 80 € 13. Collars and bonnet veils in fine Brussels application on machine net, embroidered net, machine lace and Duchesse bobbin lace in a cream velour box, late 19thearly ‐ 20th cent (good condition). 150 / 200 € 14. Quantity of borders and bonnet veils in Brussels application on machine net, embroidered net and Duchesse lace in a cream velour box, late 19th ‐ early 20th cent (good condition). 180 / 220 € 15. A collar and needlepoint borders of Brussels Point de Gaze, 2m x 10cm (good condition) 2,30m x 8cm in four pieces (some holes, some dots) and six lace baby bonnets of Valenciennes & silk ribbon (good condition, a few dots) in a blue floral fabric box, 19th cent . 250 / 300 € 16. Three lengths of mixed Point d’Angleterre Brussels lace with matching design, the floral design in bobbin lace with a point de gaze needle lace ground, about 1870‐1890, in a box with a monogram BB surmounted with a marques coronet (some holes in the shorter flounce, two stains in the longer one) Dim: 1,75m + 1,80m + 3,75m, total of 7,30cm x 14cm (287’’ x 5,5’’) 600 / 800 € 17. Long length of leavers Calais machine lace with people in mediaeval costume, end of the 19th cent, cotton. Dim : 4,75m x 12cm (187’’ x 4,7’’) In « Dentelles Européennes » cataloguem fro exibitions of Kyoto & Tokyo, 1987‐1988, laces from « Musées Royaux d’Art et d’histoire de Bruxelles » p.151 pl.138 120 / 180 € 18. Fourteen linen handkerchiefs, embroidered or with monograms, 19th cent and 20th cent (two in a very good condition, some holes or wears in some of the twelve others hankerchiefs) With an additive three handkerchiefs of whitework for documentation and a littel silk hanky. 200 / 250 € 19. Six linen handkerchiefs, embroidered or with monograms, 19th cent. and 20th cent, four handkerchiefs with Valenciennes bobbin lace edgings (two in a good condition, some fine repairsr or spots fo the four others) 150 / 200 € 20. Two hand spoon and woven linen handkerchiefs with fine embroidery, 19th cent. and 20th cent, one edged with a Valenciennes bobbin lace (good condition) 100 / 150 € 21. Fine embroidered net stole with raised petals imitating point de gaze Dim: 2,65m x 53cm (good condition) a fall‐cap in two‐coloured Nanduti (good condition, a few dots) and a christening robe (good condition) 19th cent. and 20th cent. 200 / 250 € 22. Five edgings of machine lace and a handkerchief in Duchesse bobbin lace, late 19th ‐ early 20th cent (dusty) Dim edgings : 1,50m to 3m. 150 / 200 € 23. Two flounces and a stole of fine Brussels bobbin lace on machine net, 2nd half of the 19th cent. Stole: Dim: 2,45m x 68cm (96.5’’ x 27’’) (good condition, some dots) Flounces: Dim: 4,20m x 31cm (165’’ x 12’’) & 3,75m x 33cm (147’’ x 13’’) (good condition, some dots or littel holes) 400 / 500 € 24. Collection of point de gaze and Alençon needlepoint laces: 2nd half 19th cent Two flounces of Point de Gaze with matching design, 3m x 15cm & 1,80m x 7cm in 3 pieces (some little holes). Two edgings of Point de Gaze 3,60m x 8cm & 1,80m x 7cm (holes) A handkerchief of rose Point de Gaze with 3D petals (some little holes) Edging of Alençon needle lace, 1,80m x 9cm (good condition) 450 / 500 € 25. A marriage handkerchief with Brussels Point de Gaze needle lace, about 1870‐80 (good condition, one age spot, a very few little holes) 180 / 220 € 26. A set of bed cover : a linen sheet, a pillow case and a bolster case, in linen with embroidery and Luxeuil tape lace, and a needlepoint lace monogram, early 20th cent (good condition, one join, a few spots) linen sheet width: 2,75m (108’’) 400 / 600. 27. Two sets of bed covers, linen sheet and a matching pillow case, both with monogram BE, early 20th cent. one with embroidery Dim : 3,65m x 2,75m (144‘’ x 108’’) one with bobbin lace Dim : 3,30m x 2,35m (130‘’ x 92.5’’) (good condition, some storage marks for both) 180 / 220 € 28. A pair of large curtains with Richelieu embroidery, bobbin and needlepoint lace decoration, early 20th cent. Two fine curtains decorated with a scene of the chase with a huntsman sounding a hunting horn and a fox and a scene with couples with their pages, young girls and a litle dog. Insertions of needlepoint lace and filet lace with arabesques, stylised trefoils and pomegranates; a deep flounce of needlepoint lace and passementerie tassels at the bottom (unused condition) Dim : Hight 330 cm (130’’) (+ an additive 9cm/ 3.5’’) Width 163 cm (64’’) And : Hight 325 cm (128’’) (+ an additive 11cm/ 4.3’’) Width0 17 cm (67’’) 1 200 / 1 500 € 29. Table cloth with Richelieu embroidery and bobbin lace decoration and emblems of the French Royal family, 19th cent. (a few little holes in some of the squares). Dim: 1,90m x 1,85m (75‘’ x 77’’) 180 / 220 € 30. Fine banqueting table cloth and 18 napkins with Luxeuil tape lace insertions and embroidered monogram 'RH', early 20th cent (good condition, some orange marks on the cloth) Dim . table cloth : 4,30m x 1,70cm (170‘’ x 67’’) napkins : 60cm x 60cm (23.5‘’ x 23.5’’) 600 / 800 € 31. A large table cloth of linen with handmade Cornely embroidery, early 20th cent (a few dots, a few little holes) Dim: 2,30m x 2m (90.5‘’ x 79’’) 300 / 350 € 32. Drape or table cover in Bruges Duchesse bobbin lace, early 20th cent, with typicals motifs of Bruges Duchesse ofe th period, a large central medallion, geometric figures around a floral crown, a floral basket with large bouquet of flowers and a bow at each corner (good conditon, some broken brides) Dim: 2,45m x 2,45m (96.5‘’ x 96.5’’) 800 / 1 000 € LACES & EMBROIDERY: 16TH & 17TH CENTURY 33. Two edgings of Cutwork needle lace, Italy, late 16 th beginning of the 17th cent, one with large flowers and leaves embroidered on the fine linen fabric and in the geometric openings (some wear, little spots) Dim : 88cm x 11,5cm, the other with little motifs of knights in needlepoint (some wear, bottom border has been cut off) Dim : 40cm x 9cm 350/400 34. Wide border of a fine hand‐woven linen with whitework of warp and weft held by a coloured‐silk embroidery, showing two winged creatures surrounding a tree of life, each turning to an angel defending a stylised fountain with two birds ; borders with small motifs ; Italy, 16 th cent (some thin areas, wears and small darns in the fabric) Dim : 85cm x 17cm.
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