Rare tie or flap with the figure of Charles X, Alençon, need - Lot 244

Lot 244
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Rare tie or flap with the figure of Charles X, Alençon, need - Lot 244
Rare tie or flap with the figure of Charles X, Alençon, needlework, circa 1824-1830. In Alençon lace very finely made with the needle, the two sides taking back by four times the figure of Charles X, double intertwined C topped by a crown closed with the fleur de Lys the symbol of French royalty, well underlined by a plume of soft palms and flowers, with a fleur de Lys in the center of each of the sides. Delicate garland of leaves and small berries adorned with festoons festooning the borders, sowing of fleur-de-lis connected by the simple network of Alençon. Linen color white - white cream. Dim. 52 x 36 cm at the widest. (good condition) This flap is to be compared with the one deposited in the Royal Museums of Arts and History of Brussels, Inv.D.3083. Cf. "Trois Siècles de Dentelle" Mme Risselin-Steenebrugen, p.284 fig.195
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