Needle Lace

Sample of needlelace insertion in Venetian style.

Oval insertion made in needlelace technique.

Flounce made of fine needlelace motifs

Wit kantwerk in de vorm van een kruis.

Beige kantwerk in de vorm van een kruis.

Cloth with printted parten for making needlelace

Cloth with pritted parten for making needlelace.

Stukje Italiaanse naaldkant in de vorm van een kraag. Afkomstig van Sint-Niklaasberg.

Onafgewerkt stuk religieuze lintkant, nog op basisdoek. Milanese kant.

Afgewerkt stuk religieuze lintkant. Milanese kant.

Rechthoekig doekje machinaal kantwerk afkomstig van Sint Niklaasberg.

Doily decoratd with multi-coloured floral motifs and needlelace.; This piece may have been made in China for the Hungarian market.

Flounce of raised needle lace in linen thread, France, 1685-1695. Flounce of raised needle lace in linen thread.  Needle lace in linen thread.

Cap crown, needle lace, made in Alençon, France, 1730-1769. Cap crown of Alençon needle lace.  Needle lace.

Cravat end, needle lace, made in France, 1680-1700. Cravat end of needle lace.  Needle lace.

Flounce, 'Point de Gaze' needle lace, Flemish, made in Brussels, 1830-1870. Flounce of 'Point de Gaze' Brussels needle lace.  Brussels needle lace.

Unfinished panel of needle lace in a floral, neoclassical style, attached to a strip of yellow parchment, made by the Convent of the Poor Clares, Kenmare, Ireland, ca. 1886. Portion of a needle lace flounce in floral and neo-classical style. The unfinishe…

Collar of raised needle lace, designed by Josef Storck at K. K. Zentral-Spitzenkurs in 1879, made by J. Stamnitzer, Vienna, ca. 1880. Wide collar of heavy needle lace. Round-necked and covering the whole of the shoulders and forming slight points at the c…

Scalloped lace border, needle lace, Italy, about 1600-25.   

Border of needle lace worked in linen thread, Italy, early 17th century.   

Collar and cuffs, bibila needle lace, Cyprus, 1886. Bibila needle lace.  Bibila needle lace.

Unfinished needle lace flounce, attached to yellow parchment, made by Burano Lace School, Italy, ca. 1880. Unfinished flounce, still attached to its linen parchment.  Needle lace.

Purse of Bibila silk needle lace, Greece, mid 19th century. Purse of Bibila silk needle lace. Yellow silk netted purse with a draw-string top trimmed with tassels bound with gold thread and with a matching tassel at the lower edge. Additional decoration r…

Border of cutwork and needle lace worked in linen thread, probably made in Italy, early 17th century.   

Set of flounces of needle lace, French, 1867. Set of two deep and two narrow flounces of point d'Alencon needle lace. Complex pattern dominated by undulating trompe l'oeil fluted band, in front of exotic leaves and flowers, with dragonflies and bu…

Worn at the wedding of Mara Vuković from Belgrade, immediately after WWI

Border, needle lace worked in linen thread, Venice, 1630-1640.   

Small scale Venetian needle lace was enormously popular for collars in the late 17th century. Characteristic are the scrolling floral patterns, amid which are incorporated all manner of details. The tiny vines and petals worked in relief almost seem to gr…

Decolleté with ivory needle lace mask, called 'Tavernelle', depicting decorative 'Kashmir' motifs. Ivory satin quarters and neckline border with small knot in the center of the mask, round toe, medium wooden heel covered with satin, leathe…

Cream-colored jabot of bobbin lace made of artificial silk. was fastened to the gown. worn by an older lady, if it is already out of fashion.

In ecru linen taffeta with a wide flounce with two frayed bands and one of needle lace, all openwork with zigzag geometric motifs and grained with a poly-lobed edge.