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Ribbon heddle threaded with Alençon

heddle: 4.25" x 6.25" (4.25cm x 6.25cm) , lace" 24" x 2.5" (6.35cm x 60.96cm)
Heddle excellent, lace very good.

See "Tools and Toys of Needlework", very interesting story about how these were gifts to girlfriends to store their lace. Completely fabricated, this is just a good ribbon heddle. The lace is Herren Alençon with brides bouclé.

Deaccessioned from the Fashion Institute of Technology, in New York. Ex. coll. Gertrude Whiting.

accession number 2014.1.140
purchased 12/05/2014
first posted 12/29/2014