Burano pattern in progress

15.5" x 5-1/8"
Worn.

This is an extraordinary example of an Alençon pattern being worked by a Burano maker. The way the ground is put in on the left side is a very interesting modification of the 'brides bouclée' method. Not entirely sure what to make of this.
It is labled pattern number 2, Alençon Point. Tagliapiedra ejiusejuna?Jorbilena? Seller says it is dated 1760. 
This pattern is very closely related to that shown on a postcard from "The Lace and Silk C.y L.d.". Which would date it from the late 19th or early 20th C.

Perhaps ex. coll. Gertrude Whiting.

purchased 12/05/2014
first posted 07/09/2016
revised 04/30/2020