Skeins of linen thread, Fil Au Bouc, Belgium, 1st half of the 20th century. Eight packages of four skeins each, linen for lacemaking in their original packages with the label: "Fil Au Bouc" Filature & Filteries Réunies S.A. Aalst, Belgium and "Lin à Dentelles, Brillanté" Reference fineness of thread: one package 25, two of 30, one of 40, two of 80, one of 90 and one of 110. Cream or ecru colour according to the packages. (good condition for the whole, skeins very clean) We enclose three skeins of 80 without their packaging (good condition, skeins very clean) and two large skeins with the label "Spider Dentelles" W & J. KNOX Ltd, Kilbirnie, Scotland. N°70 (yellowed end) Provenance: former background of the Maison Honoré in Uccle, Belgium.

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