Anyone good with textiles?

I guerilla bid and won a lot at a live auction last week because it had the perfect purse to carry to my DD wedding in October. So now I have all these antique laces that I know next to nothing about. I am going cross eyed trying to reference the lace ID website.

Can anyone here help me? I have 6 pieces, all different. I'll start with two here.

#1 is a handkerchief made from the sheerest and finest linen I have ever seen. Extremely fine lace I'm assuming is handmade. Is it Duchesse lace? Flemish lace? Date?

<img src="http://members.sparedollar.com/jls502/823-001.jpg">

<img src="http://members.sparedollar.com/jls502/823-003.jpg">

<img src="http://members.sparedollar.com/jls502/823-004.jpg">

#2 is a collar with the same type of handworked lace as the first piece. Type of lace? Date?

<img src="http://members.sparedollar.com/jls502/823-007.jpg">

<img src="http://members.sparedollar.com/jls502/823-009.jpg">

<img src="http://members.sparedollar.com/jls502/823-010.jpg">

Jody
 
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