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Vintage

We are ecstatic to be able to offer you this collection of vintage laces, many imported from France. We have searched world-wide to discover these delicate one-of-a-kind fancies. These vintage laces depict everything from frolicking foxes and birds, to Bloomsbury-inspired roses, to charming geometrics. These laces would be perfect for vintage-inspired wedding gowns, 1920s tea party frocks, children’s christening gowns, doll clothing, or even for a very special bridal trousseau!

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  1. 1/4" Stars Ivory Cotton Vintage Lace (Made in France) Quickview

    1/4" Stars Ivory Cotton Vintage Lace (Made in France)

    1/4" wide ivory vintage lace with stylized tiny star shapes on a fine net background. This insertion lace is perfect to trim doll clothing; any miniature Scarlett O'Hara or Marie Antoinette would be delighted to wear this on their petticoats! Made in France.
    $1.95

  2. 1/4" Petal Pink Cotton Vintage Lace (Made in France) Quickview

    1/4" Petal Pink Cotton Vintage Lace (Made in France)

    1/4" wide petal pink vintage lace. This lace has a deceptively simple design reminiscent of dainty faerie wings. It would be perfect to trim doll clothing or a billowing-sleeved peasant blouse. 100% cotton. Made in France.
    $2.55

  3. 1/4" Ivory Cotton Vintage Lace (Made in France) Quickview

    1/4" Ivory Cotton Vintage Lace (Made in France)

    1/4" wide ivory vintage lace. This lace's design is a classic modified picot design in a soft ivory with faint peach overtones. 100% cotton. Made in France.
    $2.55

  4. 1 1/8" "The Fox and the Crow" Ivory Vintage Lace (Made in France) Quickview

    1 1/8" "The Fox and the Crow" Ivory Vintage Lace (Made in France)

    This charming 1 1/8" wide ivory vintage lace depicts a scene from the Aesop's Fable, "The Fox and the Crow". It is an insertion lace, with a fine net background, a picot edge, and a 2 1/4" repeat. 100% cotton and imported from France. This fine vintage lace has some slight color variation. As Jean de la Fontaine said,
    "Flatterers thrive on fools' credulity. The lesson's worth a cheese, don't you agree?" The crow, shamefaced and flustered swore, Too late, however: "Nevermore!"
    $5.95

  5. 1 1/8" Triangular Ivory Vintage Lace (Made in France) Quickview

    1 1/8" Triangular Ivory Vintage Lace (Made in France)

    This 1 1/8" wide ivory vintage lace is mathematically inclined and covered with smart isosceles triangles. It is an insertion lace, with a fine net background and picot edge. It comes in several companion sizes. Imported from France.
    $6.95

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