France (needlework) and Belgium

Handkerchief

1875/1900
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with cotton in back, buttonhole, eyelet, overcast, and padded satin stitches; couching; edged with cotton, bobbin straight lace of a type known as "Valenciennes"
43.3 × 43.8 cm (17 × 17.2 in)

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