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This neck is from Dolors Marsans collection and it was maded by bobbins and by hand. The tecnique is a Duchesse, this lace is from Belgium and begins to be produce at half XIX century when in this country the lace lived an important moment with new tecniques. This lace is maded with round pillow and the lacemaker made the lace with fragments than at finally she has to sew . The dessign is with big flowers. The name is because the duchesse Mary Henryette from Brabant was an important protector of lace.

The artist Olga Sacharoff painted Dolors Marsans with this neck on 1943.