Rare set, pair of barbs and engageante, Alençon or Brussels, - Lot 183

Lot 183
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1500 - 2000 EUR
Rare set, pair of barbs and engageante, Alençon or Brussels, - Lot 183
Rare set, pair of barbs and engageante, Alençon or Brussels, needlepoint, circa 1720-30. The pair of beards and the engageante with the same well constructed decoration of flowers and large palms decorated with various stitches of which stitches of square spirit very finely worked in the needle, the embroidery in the festoon stitch of a great finesse, the motives connected by the simple network of Alençon, the borders carefully hemmed in the festoon stitch. Linen color white-cream. Dim. beards: 54 x 8 cm at the widest, engaging: length 70 cm, width 11 cm in the center and 5 cm on the sides. (good general condition, fine restorations) Cf. Santina M. Levey "Lace a History" pl. 294
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