19th Century Embroidered Eyelet Lace Samples: Over-sized, Double-sided Page (13 Samples) animal bowl Interpretation: Don’t think all has

Interpretation: Don’t think all has been written

5 7/8" l x approx 2" in diameter

Turning the handle rotates one of two colorful round glass slides

set atop a tall stool

or forever

19th Century Embroidered Eyelet Lace Samples: Over-sized, Double-sided Page (13 Samples) animal bowl Interpretation: Don’t think all hasI believe this is French and dates to the 1870s 80s; the closest example I could find, down to the manner of the numbering, is a whole sample book of eyelet lace in the collection of the Met, though those samples were more neatly trimmed than these! The dealer I purchased this page from described them as swatches of petticoat lace, and indeed that would be a common use for embroidered cotton eyelet lace like this. This of course is much better in hand