Plate LXXXIX. SIX SPECIMENS OF LACE MADE BEFORE 1850

One each in Russia, Madeira, Portugal, and Ceylon, and two from Le Puy in France

Together 14 ft.

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Plate XC. TWO BORDERS OF BOBBIN-MADE LACE À BRIDES

The pattern of scrolls and leaves is made separately and joined on the pillow by single and knotted brides in the smaller piece and by double and knotted brides in the larger one.

Together, 8 ft. 7 in. × 5 in.

Genoese, 17th century