France (needlework) and Belgium

Handkerchief

1850/75
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"
50.6 × 50.9 cm (19.9 × 20 in)

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