Antique lace?
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Rue_de_la_Paix
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Hi,
Very pretty. It looks to be a machine made lace, and yes its a type of net lace. It is not Chantilly lace.
If you can determine if it is silk, rayon, nylon, etc that might give some clues to its age. It does not look to be silk, and does not strike me as antique, it has a more post WWII look it it (the lace itself, not the garment). Does it have a hood? Perhaps it is a costume item, or dressmaker made to match an evening gown.
Very pretty. It looks to be a machine made lace, and yes its a type of net lace. It is not Chantilly lace.
If you can determine if it is silk, rayon, nylon, etc that might give some clues to its age. It does not look to be silk, and does not strike me as antique, it has a more post WWII look it it (the lace itself, not the garment). Does it have a hood? Perhaps it is a costume item, or dressmaker made to match an evening gown.
The lace reminds me very much of the lace mantillas and head pieces that were worn to go to church. I have never seen a hooded one like this before, so I would think that would make it an earlier piece than those I am accustomed to seeing from the 50s and 60s.
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Rue_de_la_Paix
VFG Member
Hi,
No, it doesn't look like 1930's. The lace looks "newer" much like the mass produced (no pun intended) lace in church mantillas still sold in stores today. If it is nylon, it is definitely post WWII. the more I look at it, the more it looks much like the lace mantillas and head covering (chapel caps, etc) worn in the 1950s and 1960s and onward. I am not familiar with that length and bonnet style hood, but the lace itself is not antique. That pattern is commonly used for these chapel caps today.
The Lanvin item you referred to is Haute Couture, and undoubtedly French or Belgian, hand made, silk lace.
OK I see....forget the Lavin comments
No, it doesn't look like 1930's. The lace looks "newer" much like the mass produced (no pun intended) lace in church mantillas still sold in stores today. If it is nylon, it is definitely post WWII. the more I look at it, the more it looks much like the lace mantillas and head covering (chapel caps, etc) worn in the 1950s and 1960s and onward. I am not familiar with that length and bonnet style hood, but the lace itself is not antique. That pattern is commonly used for these chapel caps today.
The Lanvin item you referred to is Haute Couture, and undoubtedly French or Belgian, hand made, silk lace.
OK I see....forget the Lavin comments
bartondoll
Trade Member
Have to agree with the others on this lace. The flower motifs are giving me a 60s vibe.