Exceptionally fine quality machine lace and embroidery small center piece - embroidered floral center, combined with a machine version of Irish Crochet imitating needle lace. Note raised details , fancy picots on connecting bars.Machines capable of this level of craftsmanship no longer exist -
See "Earnshaw Lace Machines and Machine Made lace" for an appreciation of the complexities of machine made lace, Secrets of Real Lace (on lacemerchant ebay store) for how to tell handmade from machine lace
Very good condition Ivory white.
About 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 in.
my books on antique lace, which are excellent study guides to identify and collect vintage lace.
See our Ebay listings for Guide to Lace and Linens, Secrets of Real lace, Anybody Can Mend Lace and Linens, Connoisseur's Guide to Normandy Lace Patchworks and Make Normandy Lace Patchworks Today.