Valenciennes de Gand border

28 cm x 635 cm
Excellent condition, however some brown spotting throughout.
Mounted for the 2007 exhibition.

Note raised elements in design, also half-stitch shading.

purchased 08/04/2007
first posted 02/20/2009

Comparables

Dentelle de Gand á réseau varié Brussels Museum for Art and History Made by the "Blue Girls" in 1853 and given by the City of Gent in 1853 to the Duchesse Maria-Hendrika on the occasion of her marriage to Duke Léopold, later King Leopold II. Postcard from the Gentse Kantacademie v. z. w. Neermeerskaai 1A 9000 Gent. 1985.

References

M. Broeckhove, "De Gentse Kant", Koninklijke Bond der Oostvlaamse Volkskundigen, Gent, 1973