ANTIQUE LACE & Fans Joachim Mendes  Dealers in Antique Lace, Fans, Costume & Textiles Tel: 07813 014065 or Portugal 351 9626 37257 Please use this alternative email, click here.   Antique lace In this website you can find lace from the 16th century: cutwork and pulled threadwork, punto in aria to finest Venetian needlepoint and outstanding Flemish lace. Then there are the examples of magnificent French lace such as point de France, Alencon, Argentan, Argentella and of course point de Sedan to mention just a few. You may also find  eighteenth century delicate Brussels lace and the extravagant point de gaze 0f the 19th century. Many more examples of delightful laces such as Honiton and Buckingham in England, also Ireland with its famous lace schools of the 19th century produce many examples of  wonderful lace. Please look through the links to our many pages below.

We are now based in Portugal (Braga)
Just a notice to say that unfortunately I have lost a folder with all the lace and fans that you would like me to look for, if there is anything that you still require, please let me know again!   

     
Below are all the links to the relevant pagers

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		What we do not do : We do not restore or clean antique lace or fans and neither do we deal in modern lace or modern fans.	joachim@mendes.co.uk
	Payment facilities available to suit you. Please do let us know what arrangements are best!	We do not send email news to any of our customers or announcing new items, as this would be unfair to others.	We publish our stock as and when we acquire them. Click on the links to see what is new!

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joachim@mendes.co.uk