Joachim Mendes
Dealers in Antique Lace, Fans, Costume & Textiles
Tel: + 44 (0)7813 014065
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ANTIQUE LACE Joachim Mendes Dealers in Antique Lace, Fans, Costume & Textiles Tel: + 44 (0)7813 014065 |
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16th to 19th Century Needle Lace
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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. |
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This lace is possibly Flemish needlepoint, or French, but in the French
needle point always seems to have brides in the design. A fine pair of early 18th century lappets. They measure: each 52 x10cms. Condition: minor faults (see photos) Stock no. K50.33. Sold Price: £2200 |
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An exceptionally fine pair of Argentan lappets dating from the 18th
century. The ground is one of the finest buttonholed Argentan lace that we
have seen. They measure: 56 x 8cms (2)
Condition: good (see photos)
Antique lace (page two) stock no.H50.3 JAS Sold Price: £475 |
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length of 18th century Argentan lace, the ground is buttonholed stitches.
For a similar lace see page 68 "The History of Lace" by Margaret Simeon. It
Measures: 145 x 9cms. condition: good.
Antique lace (page two) stock no.H85.3A Price: £375 GBP |
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length of Argentan lace, the ground is made with buttonholed stitches. The
longest one measures: 88 x 8cms and the shortest one measures: 66cms.
Condition: some minor faults.
Antique lace (page two) stock no.H85.3 Price: £225 GBP |
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long length of 17th/18th century Venetian Flat Point (Coralline Point) It
measures: 275 x 9cms. Condition: good. Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. KP19.6 Price: £375 GBP |
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length of 17th/18th century Venetian Flat Point (Coralline Point) one
measures: 94 x 8cms the other 74 x 8cms. Condition: good.
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. KP19.12 Price: £175 GBP |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. KP19.11 is a length of very fine 17th century needle lace, probably Venetian. It measures: 115 x 5cms. Sold Price: £375 |
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length of 18th century Alencon needle lace. It measures: 350 x 5cms.
Condition: some age stains, otherwise good.
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. KP19.4 Price: £725 GBP |
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| Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. KP19.1 is a fine Point de France needle lace flounce, it dates from around 1690/1700, it measures about 340x40cms therefore it is probably for an Alb, at the time such expensive lace was only produced for the aristocracy or the clergy. This lace came from the collection of a lace maker (see photo) Sold Price: £3250 | ||||
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K88 Very fine quality Venetian Gros Point lace dating from 1655/65, this piece looks like it was made for cravats ends and later made into something else, the two pieces put together are the same design, one end is not completed there is about one inch sorter and there is a few repairs, anyway please look at the photos to see the condition. (one small stain in each piece) The total length measures: 85 x 32cms. Sold Price: £850 |
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17th/18th century Italian flat needle point lace. It measures: 47 x 27cms. Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.T61.5b Price: £225 GBP |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K50.25 is a magnificent flounce of Alencon lace (Lefebrury) circa 1850, the quality of this lace is outstanding, it was probably made for the great exhibition of 1851. It measures: 200 x 33cms. Condition: good. Sold |
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We used this lace on the poster of our lace
exhibition in 1990 (see poster in home page)
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Punto in Aria it means exactly stitch in the air, at that time (sixteenth and seventeenth century) Italy was the leader in the production of needlepoint laces, this lace was taken all the nobility, and the churches of Europe by storms, those that could afforded have to have it, it was one of the most expensive luxuries of that time, knowing the endless hours of painstaking labour in highly uncomfortable cow byres, where the moist warmth emanating from the cows below kept the fine flax thread supple and the hands of lace makers from becoming stiff with cold. Some workers only made 24 inches in a whole year. Before that all work was done by cutting, puling thread, and piercing cloth, and decorated with a needle, so when someone started making lace with just a thread in buttonhole stitch thats was quite a new discovery, and one can say that that was the beginning of lace as one know it today, needle and bobbin. Needlepoint was a derivative of embroidery; bobbin lace was a derivative of weaving. This fantastic length of lace
Punto in Aria dates from around 1600, in my opinion shows the influence of
Islamic art, very much a trade rout with the Venetians. |
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It measures: 350 x 30cms. Condition: some broken bridges. Sold: £3200 |
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We used this lace on the poster of our lace exhibition in 1990 (see poster in home page)
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| Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K60.1 is a fine late 17th early 18th century Point de France/Sedan lace length. It measures: 125 x 15cms. Condition: good. Sold Price: £1500 | ||||
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A very
beautiful long length of 19th century Burano needle lace. It measures: 370
x 22cms. Condition: very good. Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K60.2 Price: £1400 GBP |
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very beautiful 18th century Argentan ingle lace lappet, this lace is
particularly fine quality. It measures: 66 x 9cms. Condition: good.
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K37.7JO Price: £325 GBP |
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A most
attractive length of 17th century Venetian point plat. It measures: 197 x
40cms. Condition: minor damage.
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K34.1 Price: £625 GBP |
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A
beautifully designed 18th century Alencon cap back with matching flounce,
sewn and mounted on material. Condition: some small hols (see photos)
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K33.11 Price: £485 GBP |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K27.3JS is a collar made from 18th century Flemish needlepoint lace. At the deepest point it measures: 14cms. Condition: it is made with deferent pieces of the same lace (see photos) Sold Price: £225 |
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18th century Argentan lace cap back, the background mesh is made of
buttonhole sticks. It measures: 22 x 25cms. Condition: good. Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K24.6JS Price: £475 |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no.K24.7JS is a very attractive and long 18th century Alencon lace lappet. It measures: 180 x 10cms. Condition: minor damage (see photos) Sold Price: £500 |
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| Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K20.9 is a beautiful small length of Reseau Venise lace flounce circa 1730-40. It measures: 50 x 5cms. Condition: some stains and minor damage (see photos) Sold Price: £475 | ||||
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length of very good quality 18th century Alencon lace flounce. It
measures: 193 x 8cms. Condition: good.
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K20.8 Price: £275 GBP |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K18.1 is a very rare and long early 18th century Flemish? or Reseau Venise lappets. From end to end measures: 178 x 8cms, condition: some damage see photos. Sold Price: £2000 |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K18.13 this is rare to find an 18th century Argentan lace cap back with matching lappets, the net background is made with buttonhole sticks. Condition: very good. Sold Price: £1650 |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K10.7 is an outstanding early 18th century Point de Sedan lace, the condition is of museum quality. It is the sort of lace that one could go on and on about it, but I think the photos shows it all. It measures: 200 x 60cms. Condition: very good. Sold. |
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Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K17.4OJ is a set of beautiful Argentan needle lace flounces, the net background is made of buttonhole stitches, this type of lace was very time consuming to produce, therefore late it became more of a twisted thread rather than buttonhole stitches. It measures: 415 x 8cms and two pieces 320 x 5cms. Condition: good. Sold Price: £650 |
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A length of late 17th century Venetian flat point lace, this lace could
have been made in France. It measures: 205 x 7cms. Condition: good.
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. K11.2 O.N. Price: £285 GBP |
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beautiful and large late 17th century Point de France lace flounce. It
measures: 283 x 40cms condition: good.
Antique Needle Lace. Stock no. A1.1ASJ Price: £2800 GBP |
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Antique lace page two. Stock no. J34.15 three length of point plat lace. Each piece measures: 50 x 6cms. Sold Price: £75 |
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An
interesting - possibly 19th century needle lace, we are not sure where it
was made, it is very fine work and a gold or natural linen colour, one
thing that we have not seen in this type of work is that it has loops of
gold thread. anyway it is in three pieces and it has some repairs, it
measures: 435 x 11cms altogether.
Antique lace page two. Stock no. J32.1 Price: £575 GBP |
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This needle lace is certainly made in Ireland (Inishmacsaint)
from the same provenance as the lace above. Again it is in such a good condition, it looks like
very fine carved ivory, it has a good and crisp look, certainly never used
since it was made. It measures: 300 x 7cms. Antique lace page two. Stock no. J13.4 Price: £850 GBP |
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| Antique lace page three - Stock no.J9.2 is a most attractive 18th century Argentan lace stole, it dates from the last half of the 18th century. It measures: 200 x 14cms. Condition: good. Sold Price: £750 | ||||
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very good length of 18th century Argentan/Alencon lace. The ground of this
lace is tortillee and not buttonholed stitched, but the needle lace it is
exquisitely made and very fine. This length measures: 460 x 10cms.
Condition: minor faults. Antique lace (page two) stock no.H85.4 Price: £980 GBP |
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Provenance: Pat Earnshaw collection of lace Antique lace (page two) stock no.H81JSA1 is a very fine flounce of Point de France lace, it dates from the late 17th century. This fine lace flounce is shown on the book "The Identification of Lace" by Pat Earnshaw page 50. In the book this lace is described as being part of a collar and not a flounce. We have examined this lace and it has been altered at some stage in the 18th or 19th century. Part of this lace has a narrow edge at the top added to it, but at other stages of the lace it is completed (like a lappet) at both sides. One can clearly see the fault in the book elutriation at the top. It is difficult to see the original shape of this piece. Anyway it is a very fine and beautiful length of Point de France. It measures: 328 x 13cms. Condition: apart from the alterations, it is in very good condition. Sold Price: £2750 |
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pair of 18th century Argentan lace lappet. The ground is tortillee and not
buttonholed stitched. Each measures: 65 x 11cms. Condition: minor faults
(see photos) Antique lace (page two) stock no.H85.5 Price: £550 GBP |
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An
attractive length of 18th century Alencon lace. It measures: 196 x 9cms.
Condition: good. Antique lace (page two) stock no.H85.5A Price: £275 GBP |
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 Argentan with reseau worked with buttonhole stitching |
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beautiful Argentan needle lace flounce. it measures: 320 x 7cms. Condition:
good.
Antique lace (page two) stock no.H69.26 Price: £325 GBP |
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A length of Alencon needle lace. It measures: 230 x 8cms. condition:
minor damage.
Antique lace (page two) stock no.H69.28 Price: £180 GBP |
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A pair of 18th century Alencon lace made into a pair of cuffs. Each piece
measures in length: 50 x 6cms. Condition: good. Antique lace (page two) stock no.H69.8 Price: £125 GBP |
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Is another length of 18th century Alencon lace. It
measures: 77 x 9cms.
Antique lace (page two) stock no.H69.10 Price: £100 GBP |
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Two length of 18th century Alencon lace showing strawberries. One piece measures: 135 x 8cms and the
other measures: 65 x 8cms. Condition: some damage and stains. Antique lace (page two) stock no. E2.5 Price: £180 GBP |
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A collar made of late 17th century Venetian lace. It
measures: 62cms long and 18cms wide. Condition: some broken bridges and old
repairs. Antique lace (page two) stock no. E3.5 Price: £220 GBP |
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A very beautiful lace: Italian early 17th century?
(often this type of lace has figurative imagers) It measures: 230 x 12cms
Condition: minor faults but on the whole very good condition.
Antique lace (page two) stock no. T65.9 Price: £680 GBP |
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A fine length of beautiful Venetian needle lace 17th
or a copy made in the 19th century? century. For similar
lace see Santina M. Levey "Lace a History". figure 185 the development of
needle lace. It measures: 203 x 19cms. Condition: good. Antique lace (page two) stock no. C10 Price: £1400 GBP |
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A pair of 17th century English needle lace
cuffs showing many beautiful naturalistic flowers and tendrils. Of
these cuffs, one is shaped and sewn, the other open and flat. The latter
measures 27 x 12 cms; condition: some breaks:
Antique lace (page two) stock no. C16 Price: £1200 GBP |
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A length of 17th century Gros Point de
Venise lace with many different fillings. It measures: 295 x 19cms.
Condition this lace has been washed a few times and it has some broken
bridges but it is still a very beautiful lace.
Antique lace (page two) stock no. C9 Price: £600 GBP |
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Is half of a lappet of Alencon lace. It
measures :70 x 9 cms (27 x 2 1/2 inches) Condition: a fair
amount of damage to one end (see last photograph) Antique lace (page two) stock no. A28.8 Price: £140 GBP |
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| Antique lace (page two) stock no. A1/2a and "b" is a length of braid based Reticella with plaited bobbin lace edging, the reticella consisting of two rows of alternating circles of stars in squares, and the bobbin lace forming a scalloped fan shaped edging and another length of the same reticella without bobbin edging. They measure 192 x 13cms and 120 x 7cms. Condition: minor breaks. Sold Price: £220 | ||
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A length of eighteenth century Alencon lace (in two
matching pieces) measuring 412 x 18 cms (162 x 4 inches) in full. Condition:
this lace has been beautifully repaired in one or two small areas.
Antique lace (page two) stock no. Y34.7d Price : £350 (GBP) |
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A 17th - early18th century
collar in point plat
needle lace. It measures : 20 cms (28 inches) deep. Condition:
fair.
Antique lace (page two) stock no. T61.5 Price : £300 (GBP) |
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| Antique lace (page two) stock no. A94.87 is a piece of very fine 17th century Venetian Rose Point lace (made later into a collar). It measures: 117 x 20cms (46 x 8 inches) Condition: good but with a few minor breaks. Sold Price: £325 | ||