Needlepoint lace stockings, Margaret Simeon... - Lot 181 - Coutau-Bégarie

Lot 181
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8000 - 12000 EUR
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Result : 10 304EUR
Needlepoint lace stockings, Margaret Simeon... - Lot 181 - Coutau-Bégarie
Needlepoint lace stockings, Margaret Simeon collection, Sedan, circa 1720-30. Low dawn or wide flounce for the furnishing with superb and rich decoration well representative of this period. Composition in two large alternating motifs worked in perfect symmetry, decorated with various stitches and enhanced with embroideries in relief mainly in the center of the motifs: beautiful and large leaves, flexible palm leaves in rinceau, large flowers and exotic fruits including a remarkable carnation flower in full bloom, flexible leaf-shaped cartridges and hemmed with flowers on their short stem. Large pitted mesh network. Linen, ivory colour with darker shades, the embroideries a darker tone. Dim. 3.45 m x 64 cm (good condition) Illustrated p.50 pl.54, "The History of Lace" Mrs Margaret Simeon. Provenance: Phillips sale, London, September 1992. Cf. "Dentelle" Mme Anne Kraatz, p.66 and cover of the book Cf. "Lace a History" Mme Santina M. Levey, Fig.313C A gorgeous deep furnishing flounce of French handmade needle lace, Sedan, about 1720-30. Designed with carnations and blossom extravagantly surrounded by scrolling foliage in the Baroque manner, enriched by a wealth varied fillings. Linen thread in ivory colour with shades of dark ivory colour Dim. 3,45 m x 64 cm (good overall condition) Illustrated p.50 pl.54, "The History of Lace" Mrs Margaret Simeon. Provenance: Phillips auctioneer, London, September 1992, formerly Margaret Simeon's collection. See : "Lace a History" Mrs Santina M. Levey, Fig.313C
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