Antique Lace

What to do when your stuck inside and feeling a little blue? Let's go visit a lace museum! Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles Look at those beautiful gloves! Irish Lace is one of my favorites. White yo yo quilt with rick rack lace. I just love the combination of the two. I can just imagine wearing these beautiful dresses! My head is spinning with ideas of leather and lace!

Dating from the late 17th century and from Venice, Italy which was famous for making the best lace in the world, a long border length of hand made Gros Point Needlelace. The work is so fine and is of museum quality, it really needs to be looked at under a magnifying lens to fully appreciate the minute detail and quality of the work. A good sized length that deserves a palace in a collection, or for study. Measurements: 178 x 17cm Condition: In excellent antique condition, with an overall…

This is a printable item, no physical item will be sent. If you have ANY problems with your download, please contact me. These files are zip files and all images are JPEG. This set has 12 pages, there are 7 collage pages that have been oriented to be used as journal pages, two pages of ephemera, and 3 pages of copied vintage lace. All images are from vintage illustrations from 1847, vintage tapestries, vintage embroidery pieces and vintage lace. This digital kit has been all hand made from…

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Nottingham Lace Curtain, 1912 300ppi, 2.5x4"

Antique lace - the shape suggest is could possibly be a train from a dress or a very heavy veil. More

Trust us—antique is incredibly en vogue with this Antique White Ruffled Lace Trimming! With just shy of 100 percent stretch, this lace trim features a cream-colored stitched design along the top that resembles diamonds when stretched, from which point an off-white ivory ruffled lace design with circles descends in a playful, lighthearted display to create this one-inch trim. Due to the high stretch, this youthful trimming is great for an array of applications, from decorating dance costumes…

Alençon is a gorgeous type of lace that was first produced exclusively in Northern France. This special lace was painstakingly made only by hand. Since it was time-consuming and expensive to make, Alençon was considered a luxury. And it was highly coveted by members of the royalty and the upper classes. Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France, wore

Be sure to see the large size, the details are stunning. Another antique store score. It's a quite large, rose colored satin hanky trimmed in ecru lace. In each corner is this ribbon/lace/flowers motif. It is in very bad shape altogether - serious stains too- but this was the best looking corner. It also has a few silk ribbon flowers (u-gather type) along the edges but most are very frayed. I'll try to get a detail of one of those later.. Anyway, somebody worked their butt off to make this…