Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily La Belle Chocolatière all featuring this wonderfully ornate

all featuring this wonderfully ornate

which weighs in at 12 pounds

" with verse singing of England's glory and fame

There is a hole at top center for a small nail

with just a bit of wear around a few of the shaker holes

Antique Handmade Needle Lace Doily La Belle Chocolatière all featuring this wonderfully ornateAnother lovely piece of old handmade needle bobbin lace, this one reminding me of a snowflake, though also like little spiders in the corners, with their webs cast everywhere else! Quite finely done, but with a nice folk y feeling about it. The labor invested in pieces like this just astounds me. 9 1 4" x 9 3 8" and in very good condition, found pinned at the corners to a piece of black felt, whch is how I will send it. A bit of staining toning at