such as now can only be seen in the great
national collections. The prices obtained are significant of the huge
sums which must be paid to obtain wearable pieces of valuable lace such
as skirt lengths, 3- or 4-yard lengths of deep flouncings, shawls,
coverlets, aprons, &c.

L s. d.

A fine Point d'Alencon skirt, 2-1/2 yards,
44 inches deep 160 0 0

A fine Point d'Alencon scarf, 2 yards
9 inches x 10 inches deep 72 0 0

A Point d'Argentan Berthe, 9-1/2 inches deep 39 0 0

A Point d'Argentan flounce, 6 yards 30
inches x 5-1/2 inches deep 140 0 0

A Point d'Argentan flounce, 2 yards 26
inches long x 25 inches deep 210 0 0

A Point d'Argentan flounce, 3 yards 28
inches long x 24 inches deep 310 0 0

A Point d'Argentan flounce, 3 yards 35
inches long x 25 inches deep 431 0 0

A Point d'Argentan flounce, 3 yards 16
inches long x 24-1/2 inches deep 290 0 0

An Italian gold and thread lace flounce,
4 yards long, 29 inches deep 740 0 0

A length of Italian Rose Point, 4 yards
15 inches long, 3 inches deep 70 0 0

An old Italian Rose Point flounce, 3
yards 31 inches long, 17-1/2 inches deep 660 0 0

An old Italian Rose Point square, 31
inches x 34 inches 180 0 0

An old Italian Rose Point flounce, 3
yards 19 inches long, 7-1/2 inches deep 520 0 0

An old Italian Rose Point panel, 34
inches x 9 inches 95 0 0

A Point de Venise lappet a reseau, 46
inches long, 5-1/4 inches wide 22 0 0

Point de Venise trimming, 8 yards long
x 4 inches deep 65 0 0

A piece of flat Venetian insertion, 4
yards x 3-3/4 inches deep 92 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards long x 5
inches deep 200 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 31 inches
long x 22 inches deep 600 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 4 yards 7 inches
long x 24 inches deep 540 0 0

A Rose Point flounce, 3 yards 32 inches
long x 15 inches deep 560 0 0

A Rose Point