Use: Domestic. Household trimmingA darned lace edging. Sample

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

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Fine lace used as a costume trimmingNeedle lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. household trimming Crochet imitating Torchon laceCrochet insertion. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimming Bedfordshire type heading.Bobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Use: Domestic. Household trimming A heavy linen laceBobbin lace edging. Sample

A black silk lace used as a costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

A black silk edging used as a costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

A fashion item. Probably home made.A collar edged with tatted lace. Tatting is a knotted lace

Use: Domestic. Probably home madeCrochet edged rectangular mat.

Crochet motif

Fine muslin appliqued onto machine made net is decorated by hand with needlerun embroidery stitchesCarrickmacross lace collar.

This collar was made by the mother of the donor. A home made fashion item.Tape lace collar. Machine made tapes with needle made filling stitches.

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 accessoryBobbin lace edged handkerchief.

Use: Fashion accessoryBobbin lace edged handkerchief

This fine linen pillow slip was made in Austria about 1880. The insertion of French Valenciennes lace is of about the same date, being 5.0 cms wide and having a round ground. The border frill is also of French Valenciennes lace being a little earlier around 1850, it is 16 cms wide and has a square ground. The pillow slip was made especially for the mother of a first grandchild.Pillow slip with Valenciennes lace insertion and border

Use: Fashion accessory. This cap was worn by the donor's great aunt, trimmed with velvet bowsBobbin lace cap

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.

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

Fine lace used as costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Very fine lace used for costume trimmingBobbin lace edging. Sample

Fine lace used as costume trimmingFine needle lace edging

Fine lace used as a costume trimmingNeedle lace edging

Lace probably made in Burano Italy in the style of 18th century French Alençon needle lace. Fine lace used as costume trimmingNeedle lace edging - sample

Fine needle lace use as costume trimming. The detail image shows typical tiered rose petals.Needle lace border

Heavy, intricate, good quality lace. Use - either fashionable costume or ecclesiastical.Needle lace flounce - sample