Large ruffle or low dawn in Point de France Louis XIV period, circa 1680 Needlepoint lace with an abundant decoration "à la Berain": royal parties, canopies, mantling, volutes, flowers and foliage, suns, crowns, winged loves and various architectural elements. Bears a label : Mr. Fenaille 355 x 65 cm (small accidents to the flanges) References : - Lace a History, Santina M.LEVEY, Victoria & Albert Museum Maney, Fig. 226 and 226A: Identical ruffle - European Lace, Kyoto National Museum of Modern Art, p. 66-67 - Fabulous Laces, Janine MONTUPET and Ghislaine SCHOLLER, Ed. Robert Lafont, p. 15

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