A fine flounce of black Chantilly lace, worked with an undulating fruiting vine branch and naturalistic flowers, including tulips--92 x 14in. (236 x 36cm.), 1860s; and another fine flounce of similar lace, worked with naturalistic flowers--168 x 13in. (428 x 33cm.), 1860s (2)

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A fine flounce of black Chantilly lace, worked with an undulating fruiting vine branch and naturalistic flowers, including tulips--92 x 14in. (236 x 36cm.), 1860s; and another fine flounce of similar lace, worked with naturalistic flowers--168 x 13in. (428 x 33cm.), 1860s (2)

Provenance

Formerly in the collection of Ernest Lefébure who was a lace manufacturer in Bayeux and Paris and also Museum Administrator at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris

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