Valenciennes lace

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Valenciennes lace (Top) From Valenciennes, France, mid-18th century, in the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels; (bottom) from Belgium, Ghent, or Ypres, third quarter of the 19th century, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Valenciennes lace (Top) From Valenciennes, France, mid-18th century, in the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels; (bottom) from Belgium, Ghent, or Ypres, third quarter of the 19th century, in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Valenciennes lace (Top) From Valenciennes, France, mid-18th century, in...

Courtesy of (top) the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels, (bottom) the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; photograph (top) © A.C.L., Brussels

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