A deep flounce of Brussels appliqué bobbin lace, the lower edge worked with thin spiralling branches, the field with similar scrolls and groups of flowers--288 x 100cm.; and a deep flounce of tamboured net, extensively worked with a floral design--55cm. (deep); a coverlet of embroidered net, the corners decorated with peacocks--172 x 120cm.; a cushion cover of embroidered net, with a double-headed eagle beneath a crown at two corners of the central field--88cm. square; a triangular shawl of net on net, with a trailing floral decoration, probably Brussels--280 x 140cm.; a coverlet of embroidered net, the field scattered with snowflakes--136 x 120cm.; and another similar--128 x 88cm. (7)

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A deep flounce of Brussels appliqué bobbin lace, the lower edge worked with thin spiralling branches, the field with similar scrolls and groups of flowers--288 x 100cm.; and a deep flounce of tamboured net, extensively worked with a floral design--55cm. (deep); a coverlet of embroidered net, the corners decorated with peacocks--172 x 120cm.; a cushion cover of embroidered net, with a double-headed eagle beneath a crown at two corners of the central field--88cm. square; a triangular shawl of net on net, with a trailing floral decoration, probably Brussels--280 x 140cm.; a coverlet of embroidered net, the field scattered with snowflakes--136 x 120cm.; and another similar--128 x 88cm. (7)

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