A Lace Sale at the Hôtel Drouot, in Paris, in the Year 1882
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Marian Hague describes an 1882 auction of the lace collection of Madame Blanc, widow of the Monte Carlo gaming concessionaire, held at the Hôtel Drouot in Paris. She quotes Paul Eudel's account of the lace sale, which lists Venetian needlepoint flounces, point d'Angleterre, guipure and Alençon pieces with their dimensions and prices in francs and dollars. Hague then compares these prices with later sales, including the 1917 Beer sale in Paris and a New York auction of Flemish lace. The article is illustrated with a filet design from Vinciolo's 1588 pattern book.
- Type
- Article
- Date
- 1919
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 4
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