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One rarely finds laces earlier than 1700 in private collections.  So where I can find laces of that time period on the internet, I will put in links.

These are from LePompe 1559, worked by myself from woodcuts.  These laces were precursors to Genoese.
102 lh Design from LePompe	115 lh Design from LePompe

This collar lace is similar in date to LePompe, probably mid 16th century to early 17th century.  http://www.flickr.com/photos/perignon/4736695890/sizes/l/in/pool-879847@N24/

These are from the mid 1600s:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/perignon/4736058269/sizes/l/in/pool-879847@N24/         and http://www.flickr.com/photos/perignon/4736692644/sizes/l/in/pool-879847@N24/

Santina Levey does not distinguish between old Valenciennes and old Binche: since the towns were very close together, they were both making the same laces.  The distinction only becomes important with Revival Era laces c.1900.

Very early Val/Binche  late 1600s
496 IT	499 IT

If you compare very early Brussels to Flemish tape laces, you will see they are very close.  But Brussels begins to use motifs which require extra threads to be hung in and later cut out.  There is more careful shaping of these motifs as time goes on.  See Pottenkant for photos of Flemish & Milanese tape laces.       Compare to 18th c Brussels   Brabant    Bath Brussels and 19th c Duchesse.   bkmk

These are very early Brussels, c. 1690-1710
157 bn	719 lh	reverse

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