Hello! Absolultely exquisite--thanks for posting the pics. I agree, it looks like tambour work. It is worked from the reverse side & you can still learn this technique at Lesage. Victoria Adams Brown took classes in Paris & another gal in Hartville, OH took his class when he came to the US some number of years ago. A class was organized at Kent State in conjunction with the fashion collection there. M. Lesage was quite famous for his "sunflowers" jacket, created for Yves St. Laurent (??) & I believe there is a book on his work. He passed away a few years ago but check out www.lesage-paris.com to see modern tambour eye candy. My first beading class was with an older lady who had worked for Schiaparelli (sp?) before marrying an American soldier & emigrating to the US. She applied beads/sequins by hand-sewing them on tulle, very laborious & only for small motifs. A few years ago, a friend brought a length of black lace worked with jet beads to one of our CQ gatherings. It had been in her family & she cut it up to share. I still have my piece somewhere, waiting to be re-purposed! But it must be stabilized first & that's a lot of work with a #15 needle!! If you can't avoid re-selling your piece, perhaps it could be creatively worked into another project for greater profit? Or how about contacting a fiber artist, maybe thru etsy? Good luck with your piece--it's best to have owned it & lost, than never to have owned it at all. Sincerely, Susan, Erie, PA
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