Can you put up with more French lacy fabbiness?

It is Wednesday again ( goodness me, where have the days gone? ), and for this week's WHITE WEDNESDAY post I have, what else, more lace. I promise I will show you some completely different whiteness next Wednesday ;-). But back to the lace, and millinery flowers, and other assorted white loveliness -

The first gorgeous vintage millinery flowers I have ever found, they are so very rare over here ( both in the UK and France, it seems ) -

Newer sweet little blossoms, great for collages etc -

More mother-of-pearl buttons and beads-

The tiniest little cotton gloves I have ever found, I can barely get two fingers in -

And on to the lace. These are really deep, beautiful pieces of lace in such delicate shades -

I was thrilled to find these two, still wrapped with paper ribbons, and one still with the original PARIS labels! -

Two slightly different designs, as you can probably see in the photo, and so incredibly fine.


These two are not as light as the others, they have a deeper, more yellowy beige colour- 

This is a gorgeous little doily, made from the finest lace, I think it is stunning-

One of the more common thicker cotton laces -

These big pieces of embroidery on linen, either with floral or animal scenes, were usually made into large cushions. I have a couple of them, and they look stunning, as the embroidered linen is normally laid over dark velvet. The contrast really is beautiful -

I am linking this post to WHITE WEDNESDAY No. 165, hosted by Kathleen on the wonderful FADED CHARM COTTAGE blog. I can get stuck there for hours, lol, there are so many links to fabulous white treasures.

Lots of brocante finds to show you tomorrow! Until then, toodlepip xxx