760. Torchon bobbin lace motifs for insertion

  • Type: Torchon
  • Purpose: motifs for insertion
  • Date: 1880-1890
  • Colour: white
  • Width: 7cms
  • Length: 7cms
  • Notes: High quality work – not Barmen. Carefully salvaged.
  • Catalogue no: 259

 

 

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759. Torchon bobbin lace mat edging

    • Type: Torchon
    • Purpose: Mat edging
    • Date: 1950
    • Colour: white
    • Width: 6cms
    • Length: 81cms
    • Notes: Rayon. Length used around mat of 1950′s fabric.
    • Catalogue no: 265

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    758. Torchon bobbin lace fragment

      • Type Torchon
      • Purpose: fragment
      • Date: 1900
      • Colour: white
      • Width: 8cms
      • Length: 18cms
      • Notes: Roseground, half stitch and Spanish fan. Any lace maker who has struggled to learn these basic techniques may be pleased to see the “respect” in which “real” lace has been held. Although too small to be of any practical use, no owner over the last 100 years has been able to bear to throw it away.
      • Catalogue no: 351

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      757. Bedfordshire/Maltese Table runner

        • Type: Beds/Maltese
        • Purpose: Table Runner
        • Date: 1860-1900
        • Colour: Black
        • Width: 45cms
        • Length: 129cms
        • Notes: Silk. Lengths joined for Table Runner. Fragile. Black dye rots the thread over time. Not a reversible process.
        • Catalogue no: 1960

       

       

       

       

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      756. East Midlands bobbin lace Cluny style trim for a cloth

      • Type: East Midlands Cluny style
      • Purpose: Trim for a cloth
      • Date: 1900-1920
      • Colour: natural
      • Depth: 5cms. Cloth would be 34cms by 37cms
      • Notes: Corner added separately. Unused. Rayon. Poor quality work.
      • Catalogue no: 390

       

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      755. Bruges necktrim

      • Type: Bruges
      • Purpose: necktrim
      • Date: 1910-1920
      • Colour: natural
      • Width: 9cms
      • Length: 20cms
      • Catalogue no: 1030

       

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      754. Bruges Triangular Neck trim

      • Type: Bruges
      • Purpose: Neck trim
      • Date: 1910-1920
      • Colour: natural
      • Width: 9cms
      • Length: 20cms
      • Notes: Unused
      • Catalogue no: 1237

       

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      753. Tape Lace Bruges style short sleeve

      • Type: Tape lace Bruges style
      • Purpose: sleeve
      • Date: 1910-1915
      • Colour: natural
      • Width: 23cms
      • Length: 28cms
      • Notes: Has been tea dipped. Cut from larger piece. Early design.
      • Catalogue no: 836

       

       

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      752. Brussels motif

      • Type: Brussels
      • Purpose: motif
      • Date: 1880-1900
      • Colour: white
      • Width: 12cms
      • Length: 6cms
      • Catalogue no: 981

       

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      751. Brussels sleeve motif

      • Type: Brussels
      • Purpose: Sleeve motif
      • Date: 1900-1915
      • Colour: white
      • Width: 22cms
      • Length: 9cms
      • Catalogue no: 978

       

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