Great picture. Definitely a smaller salamander, fewer teeth, etc. But I think the technique is a guipure/cluny technique such as practiced in Retournac and the area around Le Puy. One thing about Retournac was that they had a truly staggering number of patterns and prickings and thousands of lacemakers. So while the examples they chose to display were probably more top of the line, I think this could definitely be a product of that area. Some of the lace was actually rather poor in quality. The fact that the symbols are very French adds to the case, although, of course, it could have been made anywhere. I suppose, if you wanted to, you could try sending a picture of it to Retournac and see if they recognize it. Of course at the moment they are rather busy, having just opened the new museum. What is so fascinating about this museum is that it is so informative of the "tourist trade", and department store, type of mass hand lace making of the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the twentieth century. Devon
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