3 antique French hotsell hand made lace collars for re-work, scalloped lace, hand sewn white work embroidery, fine batiste

3 antique French hand made lace collars for re-work, from top to bottom:
Closed collar almost 22" wide, scalloped lace ruffle 4.2" deep.
Lying over the lace is a hand embroidered white work and scalloped triangle about 3.6" deep.
Scalloped lace ruffle all the way around 4.2" deep.

Fine lawn collar, unpicked, with hand embroidered white work inserts and lace trim.
About 6" deep total height from top of neck to lace hem.
3 hand embroidered white work inserts about 2½" x 3".
Narrow insert lace about 3/8" deep, see wrong side for meticulous hand bound seams.
Scalloped lace frill about 2.3" deep.
An area of pulled threads and some loose threads on hem, an untreated rust spot, photographed.

Ruffled collar about 14" wide at neck, 5½" deep.
Scalloped hotsell lace hand sewn onto a tulle ground to make the 4 ruffles.
A hole in middle of lower ruffle which just shows in photograph.

I've washed and ironed all 3 collars.


50g