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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Northern Lights Lodge, post: 4395177, member: 13464&quot;]Photo #6 and 7. Ok... cute little collar!</p><p><br /></p><p>First glance; it looks somewhat similar to the collar in #5/6. The style and shape would probably date it to the same general time frame... 1880-1890. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, this one is made completely differently. Made entirely of hand bobbin techniques; this one has the characteristics of both English Honiton and Brussels Duchesse.&nbsp; The little openwork flowers along the edge and the method of making leaves and turns are both common elements in both techniques. </p><p><br /></p><p>I think, however, that since there are more &quot;open&quot; areas (the design elements aren&#039;t pushed up close to neighboring design elements) and the fact that there are vines that end in a &quot;scroll&quot; shape; that I&#039;m going to say this one is Brussels Duchesse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Are we looking at the backside in #7? I see a cluster of loose ends on the very left center... is it a mend? or cut off threads? I don&#039;t see other &quot;cut offs&quot;... leading me to believe that maybe it is a mend... can&#039;t quite see the whole thing. Just curious... at any rate.</p><p><br /></p><p>Overall a sweet piece!</p><p><br /></p><p>On to the next piece!</p><p>Leslie[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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