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Antique Lace Borders

Delicate antique lace bands and borders crafted from linen, showcasing detailed patterns and intricate designs from the 17th to 19th centuries.

Border, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style, Mechlin border with the upper part showing floral sprays and leaf ornaments with little squares sprinkled over the field. The lower part has an openwork band with medallions and a scalloped border of pendant flowers., Belgium or France, early 19th century, lace, Border
Border, Medium: linen Technique: bobbin lace, Mechlin style, Mechlin border with the upper part showing floral sprays and leaf ornaments with little squares sprinkled over the field. The lower part has an openwork band with medallions and a scalloped border of pendant flowers., Belgium or France, early 19th century, lace, Border
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Border (France); block-printed; 51.5 x 12.5 cm (20 1/4 x 4 15/16 in.)Galloon mid-18th century French. Galloon. French. mid-18th century. Cotton and metal thread. Textiles-TrimmingsBorder (possibly France); block-printed; 91.5 x 15 cm (36 x 5 7/8 in.)Trimming (France); silkTrimming (France); 1909-2-223Trimming, Medium: silk Technique: supplementary warp pile in a satin foundation (velvet), Green trimming fragment with a design of an angular stem with leaves., France, 18th century, trimmings, TrimmingSampler 1760 German. Sampler. German. 1760. Silk on linen. Textiles-EmbroideredBorder, Machine-printed, Narrow band top and bottom of dot and dash motif in shades of tan with white highlights. Center design composed of leaf in shades of soft orange behind a bell-shaped flower in yellow. Between each leaf is another pointed leaf entwined around the first. This second leaf is in shades of tan with white highlights. The ensemble creates a rope effect., USA, 1890-1900, Wallcoverings, BorderBorder; block-printed; Overall: 413 x 28 cm (13 ft. 6 5/8 in. x 11 in.)Gold hearts seamless borderSash, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave, Narrow sash or belt of vertically ribbed silk plain cloth. Pink ground with horizontal stripes of blue, yellow and white. Ends have short fringe formed by warp ends., Italy, 1883, woven textiles, SashTrimming (Spain); colored silks on white in uncut voided velvet weave.Vijf beroepen.Five glasses with images of professions in a wooden mount. The appeal depicted is also always mentioned on the glass. Extremely left: 'Tijken', a draftsman sat behind a table at the window. To the right of this: 'Smit', an elongated item smed on an anvil next to a fire. In the middle: 'boiler board', sitting by the window, strikes a boiler with a hammer. Right of it: 'Gout Smit', which pokers in the fire with a clamp. Extreme right: 'shoe maker', with the shoe he makes on his lap. Images seem to go back into the prints of Jan and Caspar Luyken in the prints of the prints, but are not directly copied or transfers. The published professions and the composition of the images deviate too much from the original prints.Band, Medium: linen Technique: grid of withdrawn element work with reticella style needle lace and embroidery, Linen band of embroidery bordered by reticella in a geometric pattern of squares and rectangles. Squares are decorated with human figures, animals and mermaids., Italy, mid-16th century, lace, BandSash, Medium: silk Technique: plain weave, Narrow sash or bet of vertically ribbed plain cloth. Pale blue ground with horizontal stripes of pink, yellow and white. Ends have short fringe formed by warp ends., Italy, 1883, woven textiles, SashBorder (France); block-printed; 56.5 x 16.5 cm (22 1/4 x 6 1/2 in.)Souvenir of Józef Czapski Pastel Pencil Pastel Caran d'acheA sash from the funeral of Adam Mickiewicz in Krakow on July 4, 1890A sash from the funeral of Adam Mickiewicz in Krakow on July 4, 1890