Lot 547

EUROPEAN NEEDLE LACE COVER
19TH CENTURY







Auction: Day Two: 24 February 2022 | From 10:00
£300
Description
in the style of 16th century Flemish lace covers, with repeated corner panels depicting ships, the main panel with alternating figural scenes, 116cm squared; together with a COMPOSITE LACE PANEL, with a central reserve depicting acorns flanked by two diamond panels, within a figural and leafy border, with rampant lions to alternate corners, with acorn tassels, 110cm x 80cm
Footnote
Note: for a similar example to the figural cover, see Santina M. Levey, Lace: A History (Leeds, 1983), pl. 125 & 125A.






