Use: Fashion accessoryBobbin lace edged handkerchief

Fine lace used as costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Very fine lace used for costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Probably made for the tourist tradeBobbin lace. Triangular piece

Good quality dress front/plastron. Fashion itemBobbin lace - Dress front

Very fine linen thread. Fine lace used for costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Fine lace used as costume trimming.Bobbin lace edging. Sample

Very fine Flemish lace possibly from Antwerp. Fine lace used for costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

A very light and delicate lace for costume trimming. Probably hand made but could be machine made.Bobbin lace edging. Sample

A Guipure lace, having a bar background. Fashion item. Costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: domestic. household trimmingBobbin lace edging. sample

Use: Domestic. FashionBobbin lace cap back

Use: Domestic. FashionBobbin lace cap and lappets

Bobbin lace historical reconstruction

Use: Domestic. FashionBobbin lace dress front

This piece of lace has at some time been cut up and re-grounded. It would originally have been used as a fashion item such as a flounce.Bobbin lace. Irregular shaped piece

Use: Fashion item. Possibly ecclesiastic.Bobbin lace with needle made ground.

Use: Domestic. FashionBobbin lace collar and dress front

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging with insertion attached. Sample

Belonged to Mrs Calder Oliver (donor's mother)Bobbin lace. A large Maltese lace collar.

Given to Pat Richardson by her mother, Vera McDowell in the 1980s. Original source unknown.Widely used in Australian homes to protect furniture surfaces and as decorative items until circa 1960s, although still used with traditional/antique furnitureWhite cotton bobbin lace round doyley with concentric separate patterns, including a butterfly motif, with undulating edging completed with the same bobbin lace edging.handcrafts, lacemaking, domestic items, ornaments / decorative

White cotton Nightdress with square neckline and long sleeves. Bobbin lace decoration at neck and cuffs. Lattice lacing borders the bobbin lace. Fine pintucking eyelet lace at neck and cuffs. Bobbin lace backed by fine mesh . Four pearl buttons concealed in front placket.Harper Lcostume, female nightwear

Belonged to Mrs Calder Oliver (Donor's mother)Bobbin lace. Large bertha collar of Maltese lace.

Although this piece was probably made between 1870 and 1900 the motif designs are copying 18th Century designs. Would have been used as costume trimming.Bobbin lace motifs with needle made ground and fillings. Edging.

A fine lace used as costume trimming.Bobbin lace with needle made ground and fillings. Edging. Sample.

Fine lace used as a costume trimmingEdging of Bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto machine made net

Fine lace used as costume trimmingEdging of Bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto machine made net.

Valuable old lace was often salvaged to be used again. Here motifs have been reclaimed from an earlier 18th Century lace (probably damaged) and appliqued onto machine made cotton net probably early in the 19th Century. The original motifs are either Flemish or Honiton. Use: as a costume trimmingBobbin lace motifs appliqued onto a machine made net. Edging.

Use: DomesticBobbin lace runner, made by members of Australian Lace Guild Victoria

Fashion accessoryScarf / Tie of bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto machine made net.