Textile - Flemish or Honiton

Historical information

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 trimming

Physical description

Bobbin lace motifs appliqued onto a machine made net.
Edging.

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