Brisé fan. Ivory sticks painted to resemble "vernis martin" showing a group of figures seated under a tree; gorge and guard painted with Chinoiserie. Silk connecting ribbon and purple tassel. Metal bail and fac More
Cockade fan with white silk leaves with scalloped edges, each brocaded with a red flower, and trimmed with white marabou.
Cockade fan with a pierced bone handle and slender sticks supporting twenty-four silk ovals, each with sixteen scallops, all edges rolled and whipped. Each leaf is decorated at three points with brocaded colore More
Black Chantilly style bobbin lace leaf with design of flowering sprays and scrolls.
Fan leaf. Black net with scalloped black lace applied at edge, painted with gouache showing a border of yellow roses.
Black lace fan with two appliquéd black silk cartouches, hand painted with scenes: one of a reclining woman with a basket of flowers, the other a putto with a tambourine. Embroidered with gold and silver spangl More
Folding fan with carved ivory sticks inlaid with steel spangles. Leaf is silver cut paper backed with silk gauze and silk tulle, and ornamented with silver sequins.
Pleated fan with leaf of black Chantilly lace on white gauze. Sticks are plain tortoise shell.
Pleated fan with a black bobbin-made Chantilly lace leaf decorated with a line of dancing putti carrying a floral garland. The sticks are carved and gilded mother-of-pearl, decorated with oval medallions of put More
Painted double taffeta leaf, black on one side and light green on the other. Obverse: scene of a lady in Japanese dress with a parasol against a landscape. Fine and delicate workmanship. Sticks: imitation tort More
Pleated fan. Leaf ofwhite cotton bobbin-made Valenciennes lace in floral design, backed with silk net. Sticks of pierced and carved ivory in floral design. Guards with figures of birds, cupids and insects. Meta More
Pleated fan with black lace leaf showing cupids, flowers and Rococo Revival scrolls on white silk satin. Plain mother-of-pearl sticks
Pleated fan with leaf of black silk. Obverse: figures of men and women in landscape in the style of Boucher. Reverse: plain. Sticks are black pierced to form a lattice design with four-petalled flowers in inter More
Pleated fan with painted black gauze leaf. Obverse: painted sprig of white and Tea roses. Reverse: plain. Plain wood sticks gilded a rust color. Guards: with same finish as sticks; decorated with bumps imitating bamboo.
Pleated fan with a white silk leaf with chromolithograph showing a man and woman in eighteenth century-style dress with cupid. Reverse: plain stiffened cotton. Drilled and carved mother-of-pearl sticks. Metal b More
Pleated fan with black silk leaf. Obverse: scene of a fairy and three cupids surrounded by gauze-like drapery. Reverse: plain. Sticks and guards are plain tortoise shell. Plain metal pin with black silk and fancy tassel.
Pleated fan. Black organdy leaf. Guards and sticks of black wood, delicately carved on obverse with all-over flower and scroll motifs. Guards also decorated with a cartouche incised with quatrefoil and trefoil More
Pleated mourning fan. Black silk crepe leaf. Black painted wood guards and sticks are inlaid with round black spangles. Guards cut à jour in a strapwork design of interlacing ovals and hexagons. Horn washer and More
Baby's cap decorated with gold beads on the crown in a stylized floral form with lines of gold beads radiating toward a beaded floral border of red and yellow roses with small blue flowers.
Lady's bag in brown silk, ornamented with embroidery in design of bird perched on an ivy branch on one side and a basket of flowers on the other. Embroidered in polychrome silks with gilt strips, metal-wrapped More
White ground with a band of roses at the top and smaller, naturalistic flowers at the point.
Rectangular bag of white knitted cotton with drawstring top. Design in red beads of a lyre in a dotted field, surrounded on three sides by a border of stylized rosettes.
Small spade-shaped crocheted purse. Bottom portion contains metal thread with pink and green silks in a floral design. The top is all silk, in reds, pinks and green, in a harlequin pattern. Drawstring of braide More
Sheild-shaped face of a bag. A central figure of a lion standing atop a globe supported by sheaves of wheat, with a pair of scales to the left and a bird to the right. Border of wheat stalks.
Shield-shaped face of a bag, with a central figure of a double headed eagle flanked by olive branches and a border of floral branches.
Scalloped border showing continuous branch of cone-shaped blossoms. Fond: réseau ordinaire. Modes: enchainettes, Point Mignon, Semé de Larmes.
Valenciennes style lace band worked with a floral design and conventional borders.
Narrow band of lace worked in a provincial style with a pattern of small blossoms.
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Border of Point d'Alençon showing floral sprays on réseau with additional floral dots known as semé de larmes (sown with tears). Fond: réseau ordinaire. Modes: Point Mignon, semé de larmes.
Band of ecru lace made in imitation of Alençon. Design shows serpentine bands of flowers alternating with serpentine lines.
Scalloped border of Point d'Alençon in a pattern of repeated floral spray pattern on réseau ordinaire. Dotted with tear-shaped leaves – semé de larmes (sown of tears). Modes: Point Mignon, enchainettes.
White lace imitating reticella; alternating squares showing 1) flower in needlepoint and 2) plain cloth with embroidered spray. Type of lace made on the Schiffli machine.
Point d'Alençon style with a design of detached buds and borders of sprays of leaves and flowers within scallops of picot cordonnet.
Trimming with heading in a diamond pattern. Worked on a narrow braid of black twill on brown cotton.
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Design of vase and flowers Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Three scenes of children within a diamond lattice grid of leaves and berries. In purple on white. Textile is made up as a bedcover which is quilted, stuffed and lined.
Design of large scale flowers and birds on a trellis of gnarled branches in shades of deep purple and yellow on white ground. Reverse side has large scale pattern of flowers in red on white ground.
Oblong black veil with a ground of very open net showing an ogival pattern with a design of flower sprays worked in the border along the lower edge.
Veil of embroidered black net with a border of black Chantilly-type lace in a floral pattern on three sides and beading for ribbon on the fourth side.
White lace border with a pointed, scallop edge showing a geometric design of small squares of heavy silk arranged in diamond-shaped areas.
Valenciennes band in design that shows alternating conventionalized motifs placed on pointed leaves which form the border.
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Part of a border, probably for a dress, with a main section composed of vertical lancet leaves alternating with a floral sprig. Every third sprig is the stem for a large exotic flower reaching up into the field More
Part of a multicolored border with a main section of repeating triangles and arches. The arches frame a landscape of grass and trees, and the main triangle supports an oval medallion framing Cupid. Probably par More
Chantilly-style lace with one scalloped edge formed by leaves and flowers.
Border edged on one side by row of floral blossoms and standalone floral sprays. Fond: réseau tortillée. Modes: point mignon, enchainettes, semé de Larmes.
Border with an elaborate scalloped border filled by floral sprays. Remaining area powdered by sprays.
Border edged on one side by a serpentine garland of floral sprays.
Border vertically running compartments filled by centered tear-shapes edged by a border of confronted birds.
Border of Point d'Alençon with a pattern of dots and leaves known as "semé de larmes" powdered over the ground. Edged by cartouche forms and circles. Fond: bride bouclée, bride tortillée. Modes: enchainettes, p More
Border fragment of white silk twill embroidered in silk with silver metallic threads, chenille yarns, metal coils and spangles. Symmetrical pattern of fan-shaped sprays and tree forms in silver, flanked by flow More
Border with curving and shell-like shapes in brown on a dark yellow ground.
Multi-colored design of tulips and other flowers arranged on a curving stem on a gray ground with a white border.
Naturalistic vine with a wreath of floral scalloped edge. Public domain photograph of textile sample, pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Border patterned by the repeat of a scroll supporting flowers that form a lower border with floral swags and hanging floral garlands in the upper section.
Borders of upholstery fabric in a design of a floral scroll.
A Greek key border design within guards. In white on blue.
Borders of bobbin lace with Valenciennes ground worked in a meandering floral design above a border of vertical sprigs, scallops and pendant leaves forming the edge.
Two uncut borders imitating woven upholstery braid. In yellow and black on red.
Round cap crown and ties in black net embroidered with straw. Crown never mounted.
Round piece for a cap with muslin applique on white net.
Alencon style lace designed with little flowers and flowing ribbons. Public domain photograph of textile sample, pattern, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Small cape for an ecclesiatic figure, the "Bambino". Blue silk grosgrain with grapevine design embroidered in white and cream coloured glass beads and silver sequins along the edge. Lined with blue silk twill.
Small cape for an ecclesiatic figure, the "Bambino". Blue moire with silver moire collar. Edged with silver lace. Embroidered vine design along edge with gold cord and sequins and white glass beads. Lined with More
White silk letter case, worked as a single panel and folded. Embroidered in silver threads with scenes of animals and flowers, with swagged garlands.
Pair of chair backs with a stamped design of a floral bouquet on a field of twisted shapes. Design is in relief above the flattened background.
Octagonal medallion of upholstery fabric illustrating a fable by Aesop known as "The Fox and the Dog." The pattern is in white and shades of yellow on a light blue ground.
Octagonal medallion of upholstery fabric illustrating a fable by La Fontaine known as "The Deer and the Vine" or "The Deer and his Antlers." The pattern is in white and shades of yellow on a light blue ground.
Octagonal medallion of upholstery fabric illustrating a fable by Aesop known as "The Fox and the Crow." The pattern is in white and shades of yellow on a light blue ground.
Octagonal medallion of upholstery fabric illustrating a fable by Aesop known as "The Fox and the Goat." The pattern is in white and shades of yellow on a light blue ground.
Chasuble back with embroidery in colored silks and metal thread on gold-colored buratto net in a design of curving stems with conventionalized flowers and leaves. Embroidery is arranged in three panels by two s More
Floral sprigs and floral stripes on a red background. Faded yellow and blue present.
Polychrome massed floral sprays. There are seven floral sprays in each minimum unit.
Design in purple/brown on white of the goddess Diana and a building with lambs.
Design in pale brown on white background. Four familiar scenes of Paris: statue of Henri IV on the Pont Neuf, the Fountain of the Innocents, the Parthenon, the east front of the Louvre all in elaborate frames.
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Shaped coat of brown cotton velvet, lining, collar and sleeves removed; embroidered in slender, trailing curved vine design in white. Small knots of white applied as accents. Coat is cut to fit in at waist with More
Collar in a pattern of medallions containing roses set in a scalloped border.