Someone has posed the question to me about the probable date of a piece on ebay, _http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2219&item=7317073933&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW_ (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=2219&item=7317073933&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW) It is described as early Burano. The style of the lace is in my opinion late 18th, early 19th century. But I think that laces like these were being made in the late 19th century as part of the lace revival started by the economic distress of Burano in 1872 when the last living lacemaker taught them how to make lace again. According to the Dover edition of Palliser they were making an Alencon type lace in Burano in the late 18th century and the industry lingered as late as 1845. (Levey is fairly silent about this era in Burano.) The Dover edition of Palliser also says they were making Alencon during the late 19th century revival period. Would this piece likely date from the late 18th, early 19th century, or would it be a revival piece? Devon
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