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A work made of linen, plain weave, embroidered with cotton in buttonhole, eyelet, padded overcast, and padded satin stitches; couching; inserts and edging of cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "valenciennes".

Handkerchief

1850/75

France (needlework) and Belgium (lace)

France

Linen, plain weave, embroidered with cotton in buttonhole, eyelet, padded overcast, and padded satin stitches; couching; inserts and edging of cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes"

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