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  Bobbin Lace 1559-1700

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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      

Genoese bobbin lace:    http://www.kipar.org/baroque-costumes/photos/lace/bobbin_genoese.jpg

http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/collection/database/?irn=202961&img=270301

his 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           bkmk
   
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     19th c Duchesse 

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

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                Pottenkant/Milanese      18th century               Napoleonic era
    19th c Straight Bar Lace             19th c Straight Mesh Lace                 19th c Part Lace
   Revival Era Straight Lace             Revival Era Part Lace             New Revival Era