CIRCA 1900, FINE LADIES IRISH CROCHET COAT

CIRCA 1900, FINE IRISH CROCHET COAT. A really good design and excellent workmanship on this lovely ladies Irish Crochet coat. Measuring approx.  44-45" long, shoulder to shoulder approx. 16", approx. 10" on front side.This is a very good quality Irish Crochet coat and it has a beautiful design. The Irish Crochet is well done and the design has a wonderful symmetry. In very good strong condition.

Item #LE26

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CIRCA LATE 1880's-1900, FINE IRISH CARICKMACROSS COASTERS

CIRCA 1880-1900's, FINE IRISH CARICKMACROSS LACE COASTERS. A lovely rare set.. one does not usually find Irish Carickmacross coaster sets! This came form a long time collector who had excellent taste. There are ten Irish coasters with the clover at center and one without a clover at the center.The lace has never been used and still has it’s gentle cream patina.Measuring approx. 6 1/2”. A lovely set for the collector of Irish lace. This set seems laundered.

Item #AL1220

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CIRCA 1900, FINE LADIES IRISH CROCHET LACE COAT

CIRCA 1900. FINE LADIES IRISH CROCHET COAT. This is quite a pretty Irish Crochet lace coat! There are different types of Irish Crochet lace, the combination of tecqniques is very nice. The edges of the coat and sleeves have a more dense design, with florals and leaves and there are also insertions of the design in the main part of the coat. There are lovely hand made bobbles around the edges. Measuring approx. 44-45" laid flat across chest 9" across each side panel, 15" to 15" shoulder to shoulder, approx. 6 1/27" across armhole. In very good condition, the coat does not seem to have been worn much and was stored very well. This is a very wearable Irish Coat.

Item #AL1265

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CIRCA 1880-1900, RARE LARGE IRISH CROCHET LACE BEDSPREAD

CIRCA 1880-1900, RARE LARGE IRISH CROCHET LACE BEDSPREAD. It is now almost 45 years of selling...and I must say I have never seen such a large piece of Irish Crochet lace! Dresses, coats, hats, blouse, collars have come and gone but I have never seen a piece as large as this. Measuring approx. 90" by 70". The lace has a very large medallion at it's centrewith raised three-dimensional flowers with and leaves throughout the lace. There are so many different designs in the lace, it is difficult to condense this down for a listing.This certainly was a labour of love or perhaps made for a exposition or it was a specially commissioned piece for a collector.A wonderful piece for the Irish lace collector. One could add a colored panel underneath and use as bedspread, etc. In very good strong condition, it seems unused or rarely used.

Item # ALB82

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CIRCA 1890-1900, ORNATE IRISH CARICKMACROSS SHAWL/VEIL

CIRCA 1890-1900, ORNATE IRISH CARICKMACROSS SHAWL/VEIL. A very ornate Irish Carickmacross lace shawl or veil measuring approx.118" by 26" wide. This is quite a beautiful design and is a very good example of the Irish Carickmacross shawls made during the late 1800's-early 1900. The lighting at the time we took the pictures make this shawl look like it is cream colored but it is a gentle white and is ideal as a wedding veil or simply a beautiful shawl to use in the evening.This shawl is much more beautiful in person, much nicer than pictures show.A few minor tiny openigns,very minor otherwise in very good strong condition.

Item #AL706

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CIRCA 19THC. RARE IRISH YOUGHAL NEEDLEPOINT LACE

CIRCA 19THC. RARE IRISH YOUGHAL LACE. A wonderful rare Youghal lace flounce measuring approx. 60" by 5" wide, 152.4 cm by 15.24 cm. there are large ornate flowerhead with meandering branches. Excellent work and design. The lace has it's original patina and seems unused. In very good strong condition.Circa 19THC. Rare Irish Youghal Needlepoint lace flounce in very good unused condition. Youghal lace was made in Ireland from around 1845 up until the early 1900’s .It is said that the first lace was made at the Presentation Convent. Mother Mary Ann Smith  had copied very old Venetian lace .They also copied other seventeenth and eighteenth century styles.The lace was started by the nuns at their convent to try and give a livelihood to those who suffered during the Great potato famine of Ireland which was such a  dreadful period of starvation for the Irish people.The lace was worn and by the Pope and also Queen Victoria.Queen Victoria’s coronation veil was made of Youghal lace . Queen Mary wore  a Youghal train for her visit to India in 1911 and many of the very best pieces were made for members of the aristocratic and wealthy members of society. Today many of these laces are in museums and in very good collections. 

Item #AL682

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CIRCA 1880-1900, IMPRESSIVE IRISH CROCHET CAPE COLLAR

CIRCA 1889-1900, IMPRESSIVE IRISH CROCHET CAPE COLLAR. Quite a impressive Edwardian Irish Crochet cape collar with excellent Irish Crochet work and a very good design. Measuring approx. 20" around neckline and 14" in width. There are raised three dimensional petals on the flowers. In very good strong condition . 

Item #AL1079

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CIRCA 1900, IRISH CARICKMACROSS LACE COLLAR

CIRCA 1900, IRISH CARICKMACROSS LACE COLLAR. A lovely Irish Carickmacross  collar with a wide border of Irish Guipure lace. The design has a Art Nouveau look with graceful florals and undulating vine and leaves and the more dense border adds a elegant touch.Measuring approx.20" around neckline and 9" wide. The lace has it's original cream patina and seems unused.

Item # AL881

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CIRCA 1890-1900, RARE LINEN, IRISH CROCHET BEDSPREAD

 

RARE LINEN, IRISH CROCHET BEDSPREAD. Circa late 1800's-early 1900, a very beautiful linen bedspread with central ornate whitework monogram and surrounded by a very wide border of fine Irish Crochet lace. It is very rare to find linens with Irish Crochet. A fine ethereal linen bedspread. Good condition, a couple of small openings that are quite minor.(Item #ALB4)

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CIRCA 1880-1900's, ART NOUVEAU IRISH CARICKMACROSS COLLAR

CIRCA 1880-1900's, ART NOUVEAU IRISH CARICKMACROSS COLLAR. A wonderful design on this Irish Carickmacross lace bertha collar.Measuring approx.42" by almost 7" wide. This is a very good example of Irish lacework. The lace has it's original cream patina and seems unused. In good strong condition.

Item # AL1021

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