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Auction: Dentelles, luxe, vintage, haute couture
Date: Wednesday, October 9, 2019
Place: Hôtel Drouot, Salle 4
9 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
Directions:  http://tinyurl.com/85b78gl
Time: 11:00 to noon, lots 1-78
1:30 to 3:30, lots 79-245
Catalogs: https://tinyurl.com/yyekeu9d
https://tinyurl.com/y5vow65u
English version: at the end of the individual listings.
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Public Viewing:  Monday, October 7, 11:00 to 18:00
Wednesday, October 8, 11:00 to 18:00
Auction by: De Baecque et associés, Marie de Calbiac, mdc@debaecque.fr
Tel. +33 01 42 46 52 02
phone during the auction, 01 48 00 20 03
email: paris@debaecque.fr
Lace, linens, whitework embroidery expert (lots 1-245):
Claude Vuille, claude_vu@hotmail.com, +33 (0)6 74 66 39 05

Here are some notable listing from this extensive lace sale:

Lot 86  Interesting Gros Point panel
Lot 96  Punto in Aria border with birdes and points.
Lot 100  17th century border of Punto in aria with images of Saints Zacharie and Agathe.
Lot 103 Two “Punto di Spagna” needlelace borders, Léopold Iklé collection.
Lot 104 Early border of Polychrome Buratto (also see Lot 105)
Lots 117, 118, 119 mid 17th ‘opaque’ borders from the Margaret Simeon and Samuel Chick collections.
Lot 129  Figural Milan border with raised work.
Lot 131 Figural border of Milan
Lot 146  Point de France border, 3.2 m x 56 cm
Lot 191 Two Point d’Alençon borders, later 19th c, quite long.
Lot 192 Honiton flounces
Lot 196  Large and dense square Point de Gaze shawl, no raised petals.
Lot 2015 Mantilla in black Catalonian blonde with half stitch shading “dos tonos”.
Lot 210  Figural Malines handkerchief
Lot 216  Elaborate Youghal handkerchief
Lot 220 “Comedia del Arte” Chantilly fan
Lot 228  Partial Jesurum Polychrome piece, excellent colors.
Lot 235  Table mat of Aemila Ars
Lot 241  Modern wide ‘Binche’ or Point de Feé border.

If you wish to purchase any of the lace and cannot come to Paris, there are three ways to do so – these notes are from Claude.

Online bidding with Drouot Live:
If you want to bid by yourself you will have to create an account. Then you will be able to follow the sale with a real time viewing of the auction directly from your computer. You can bid by clicking the appropriate bidding price when the auctioneer reaches the lot you are interested in. If you wish to register for the auction please follow the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/zl5beow to create a Drouot Live Account. You must also register for this specific auction before 9:00 AM, October 9th – log in and go to https://tinyurl.com/y5vow65u. The view on your computer has a few seconds delay but the auctioneer is used to it and he will wait a few second when somebody is bidding through the net. This works well as long as the internet equipment has no connection troubles.

Phone bidding:
Otherwise, you can ask to be called when the auctioneer is approaching the particular lot number. A member of the staff will phone you a few minutes before the item will be on sale and you can instruct him to bid on you behalf, in real time.  Both of these possibilities are free of charge and will not have any impact to the final hammer price.

Absentee Bid:
You can also submit an Absentee Bid Form (an order bid) and the auction house will execute it by bidding for you behalf until the price has reached your nominated amount. If bidding doesn’t reach this amount, you win the item for the price at which the bidding ceased. If you are the winner, a member of the staff will send you by email your final invoice. We will send your item to the appropriate postal address as soon as we will get your payment.

Buyer fee’s is 27% TTC

Auction: Dentelles de collection du XVIe au XXE siècle, linge de maison
Date: Saturday, June 22, 2019
Place: Hôtel Drouot, Salle 2
9 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
Directions:  http://tinyurl.com/85b78gl
Time: starting at 11:00  lots 1 to 91
starting at 14:00 lots 92 to 428
Catalogs: https://tinyurl.com/yxu5qxdv
English version:  https://tinyurl.com/y4zkd6wc
Public Viewing:  Friday, June 21, 2910 11:00 to 18:00
Auction by: Coutau-Bégarie, Mélissa Seminara, +33 (0)1 45 56 12 20
email: information@coutaubegarie.com
Lace expert: Claude Vuille, claude_vu@hotmail.com, +33 (0)6 74 66 39 05

This sale offers items from the collection of Mme Riete Alkema and others. Here are some notable listings:

Lot 121  needlelace figural border end of the 16th c.
Lot 122  border,  perhaps 17th c English needlelace
Lot 125  Punto in Aria border with some animal, bird, and other motifs.
Lot 130 Reticella and Punto in Aria table cover
Lot 132 Flemish Van Dyke bobbinlace border, 1630-1640
Lot 136 Unusual Flemish border, resembles tape lace but I think it is a guipure
Lot 148 Interesting figural Milanese or Flemish bobbinlace border
Lot 150 Large square of flat needlace, Italian or English
Lot 154 Point de France flounce
Lot 162 Sedan Needlelace flounce, 1720-30
Lot 187 ‘Pottenkant’ border ex. coll. Margaret Simeon
Lot 262 There are several figural Chantilly fans, I like the horseback riders on this one
Lot 285 Interesting Belgian needlelace fan with Art Nouveau style
Lot 317 Alençon border by Lefébure et fils shown at exhibitions in 1867. The V&A has two similar pieces but of different (smaller) widths. Word on the street is that the Alençon museum will preempt this sale.
Lot 378 Elaborate figural Bebila piece from Cyprus
Lots 381 and 382, Polychrome and metallic chantilly borders.
Lot 393 Figural Belgian needlelace panel with castle and knight designs.

If you wish to purchase any of the lace and cannot come to Paris, there are three ways to do so – these notes are from Claude.

Online bidding with Drouot Live:
If you want to bid by yourself you will have to create an account. Then you will be able to follow the sale with a real time viewing of the auction directly from your computer. You can bid by clicking the appropriate bidding price when the auctioneer reaches the lot you are interested in. If you wish to register for the auction please follow the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/zl5beow to create a Drouot Live Account. You must also register for this specific auction before 9:00 AM, June 22– log in and go to https://tinyurl.com/y2xsvdzd. The view on your computer has a few seconds delay but the auctioneer is used to it and he will wait a few second when somebody is bidding through the net. This works well as long as the internet equipment has no connection troubles.

Phone bidding:
Otherwise, you can ask to be called when the auctioneer is approaching the particular lot number. A member of the staff will phone you a few minutes before the item will be on sale and you can instruct him to bid on you behalf, in real time.  Both of these possibilities are free of charge and will not have any impact to the final hammer price.

Absentee Bid:
You can also submit an Absentee Bid Form (an order bid) and the auction house will execute it by bidding for you behalf until the price has reached your nominated amount. If bidding doesn’t reach this amount, you win the item for the price at which the bidding ceased. If you are the winner, a member of the staff will send you by email your final invoice. We will send your item to the appropriate postal address as soon as we will get your payment.

Buyer fee’s is 28.8% TTC (24% plus TVA of 20%).

More information just in on the auction of the veil.

There were just two telephone bidders, but once the hammer went down a representative from the Alençon Museum of Fine Arts and Lace in the room stood up and announced that they were buying the piece. This was due to the French law of pre-emption – once a price has been decided at auction a state museum has the right to step in and buy at that price.

Potential lace buyers – Learn this lesson well, and remember it the next time you bid on a spectacular piece of lace at Drouot.

Auction: Dentelles, Broderies Blanches, Linge de Maison
Date: Wednesday, October 24, 2018
Place: Hôtel Drouot, Salle 2
9 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
Directions:  http://tinyurl.com/85b78gl
Time: 11:00 – 13:00 lots 1 to 100 (linens)
starting at 14:00, lots 101 to 448 (laces)
Catalogs: http://tinyurl.com/y8okcjgo
ClaudeVuille_LaceSale_October24th_2018 (English version)
Public Viewing:  Tuesday October 23, 2018 11:00 to 18:00
Auction by: Coutau-Bégarie, Mathilde Fellmann +33 (0)1 45 56 12 20
email: information@coutaubegarie.com
Lace expert: Claude Vuille, claude_vu@hotmail.com, 33 (0)6 74 66 39 05

This auction is astonishing, perhaps the best in about 30 years  (Congratulations, Claude!).  This first part is about linens, with some excellent lace pieces (lots 61, 62, 63, 65, 65 for example).
Everything in the laces is worth a look, and the auction includes pieces from Margaret Simeon and other collections.  Here are some that catch my eye:

Lot 122  Point de Gênes border, Iklé collection
Lot 124  Polychrome Buratto border
Lot 135  Panel of Milanese with religious motifs
Lot 140  Sedan collar – I don’t recognize the form, it was probably remade from another piece.
Lot 146  Lappets in 2nd quarter 18th c Belgian needlelace.  Someday I’ll do a piece on the term ‘point de venise a reseau’, which is basically a meaningless name.
Lot 176  Argentan scarf
Lot 199  Excellent Alençon handkerchief
Lot 215  Veil of Brussels bobbinlace applique on droschel ground.
Lot 218  Catalonian blonde black silk mantilla – a wonderful lace, often overlooked.
Lot 223, Bayeaux ombré scarf
Lot 239  Wedding veil of Brussels needlelace applique on machine net.
Lot 242  The Alençon wedding veil, 3rd quarter 19th c.  It doesn’t have a specific provenance, and could be a Lefebure piece, although there were several other firms capabile of doing work of this quality.
Lot 256  A Valenciennes de Gand collar, copy of the one in the Minneapolis Institute of Art.  (I cataloged that piece around 1980, so this one means a lot to me). See also lot 338.
Lot 279 – Bayeux ombré fan leaf.
Lot 283 – Alençon fan
Lot 303 – Rare white Chantilly flounce
Lot 354 – Unusual, extravagent Alençon flounce.  See also Lots 358 and 359.
Lot 363 – Burano flounce, interesting design.
Lot 371 – Point ground flounce, might also be Bucks.

For those not in the USA, the Mega Millions lottery will be up to $1.6 billion with the next drawing on Tuesday, October 23rd. If you win, buy every single piece in this entire auction.

If you wish to purchase any of the lace and cannot come to Paris, there are three ways to do so – these notes are from Claude.

Online bidding with Drouot Live:
If you want to bid by yourself you will have to create an account. Then you will be able to follow the sale with a real time viewing of the auction directly from your computer. You can bid by clicking the appropriate bidding price when the auctioneer reaches the lot you are interested in. If you wish to register for the auction please follow the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/zl5beow to create a Drouot Live Account. You must also register for this specific auction before 9:00 AM, October 24th – go to http://tinyurl.com/ycsx9fwn. The view on your computer has a few seconds delay but the auctioneer is used to it and he will wait a few second when somebody is bidding through the net. This works well as long as the internet equipment has no connection troubles.

Phone bidding:
Otherwise, you can ask to be called when the auctioneer is approaching the particular lot number. A member of the staff will phone you a few minutes before the item will be on sale and you can instruct him to bid on you behalf, in real time.  Both of these possibilities are free of charge and will not have any impact to the final hammer price.

Absentee Bid:
You can also submit an Absentee Bid Form (an order bid) and the auction house will execute it by bidding for you behalf until the price has reached your nominated amount. If bidding doesn’t reach this amount, you win the item for the price at which the bidding ceased. If you are the winner, a member of the staff will send you by email your final invoice. We will send your item to the appropriate postal address as soon as we will get your payment.

Buyer fee’s is 27.60% TTC (23% plus TVA of 20%).

Étoffes – Costumes Anciens – Dentelles – Broderies Blanches
Date: Wednesday, March 28, 2018
Place: Hôtel Drouot, ‘Richelieu Salle 10
9 rue Drouot, 75009 Paris
Directions:  http://tinyurl.com/85b78gl
Time: 11:00 – 13:30 lots 1 to 100,
starting at 13:30, lots 101 to 452.  Laces go from lot 391 to 452
Catalogs: http://tinyurl.com/ycwqvjp6
http://tinyurl.com/yc5x7fqm
Public Viewing:  Tuesday March 27, 2018 11:00 to 18:00
Auction by: Coutau-Bégarie, Mathilde Fellmann +33 (0)1 45 56 12 20
email: information@coutaubegarie.com
Lace expert: Claude Vuille, claude_vu@hotmail.com, 33 (0)6 74 66 39 05
Linens, costume expert: Raphaël Maraval-Huton, rmarval@gmail.com, 33 (0)6 16 17 40 54

The laces run from lots 391 to 452. Lots of good borders in lots. I’m especially attracted to the following:

Lot 411 17th c flemish border
Lot 417 I think this is a Sedan border, or perhaps Alençon or Argentan
Lot 419 lappets with joining border, Flemish or English with droschel ground.
Lot 429 Black blonde de Caen, seems a little dense for a bonnet veil. Perhaps an abbreviated piece of a rectangular shawl.
Lot 431 Chantilly collar with long lappets.
Lot 433  A very interesting Chantilly motif.
Lot 435 Chantilly diamond shaped mantilla, Ombre shading.
Lot 436  Chantilly rectangular shawl.

If you wish to purchase any of the lace and cannot come to Paris, there are three ways to do so – these notes are from Claude.

Online bidding with Drouot Live:
If you want to bid by yourself you will have to create an account. Then you will be able to follow the sale with a real time viewing of the auction directly from your computer. You can bid by clicking the appropriate bidding price when the auctioneer reaches the lot you are interested in. If you wish to register for the auction please follow the instructions at http://tinyurl.com/zl5beow to create a Drouot Live Account. You must also register for this specific auction before 9:00 AM, March 28th – go to http://tinyurl.com/ycsx9fwn. The view on your computer has a few seconds delay but the auctioneer is used to it and he will wait a few second when somebody is bidding through the net. This works well as long as the internet equipment has no connection troubles.

Phone bidding:
Otherwise, you can ask to be called when the auctioneer is approaching the particular lot number. A member of the staff will phone you a few minutes before the item will be on sale and you can instruct him to bid on you behalf, in real time.  Both of these possibilities are free of charge and will not have any impact to the final hammer price.

Absentee Bid:
You can also submit an Absentee Bid Form (an order bid) and the auction house will execute it by bidding for you behalf until the price has reached your nominated amount. If bidding doesn’t reach this amount, you win the item for the price at which the bidding ceased. If you are the winner, a member of the staff will send you by email your final invoice. We will send your item to the appropriate postal address as soon as we will get your payment.

Buyer fee is 27.6# TTC (23% plus TVA of 20%).

Apologies, I misread the catalog on some items. Certain pieces are not from the publications of Ricci, Levey, Simeon, and Toomer.  They are however, similar to examples illustrated in these works.  I’ve corrected the post.

Laurie