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Plate CXIX. LAPPET OF BOBBIN-MADE LACE

The toilé flowers and leaves, chiefly rose, shamrock and thistle, are joined by an irregular mesh simple réseau made by hand. The original design was perhaps to celebrate the Union.

5 ft. × 5½ in.

Honiton, about 1840

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Plate CXX.TWO BORDERS OF APPLIQUÉ LACE, ONE WITH A VANDYKE EDGE AND ONE WITH A MITRED OR SCALLOPED EDGE