2 BEAUTIFUL SURPLICES WITH RICHELIEU LACE/ VESTMENT

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We are offering you 2 very beautiful surplices with a very exquisite handmade Richelieu lace . The lace is in very good condition. It is decorated with a cross all around. The sleeves are decorated the same as the border of the surplice as you can see at the pictures. Richelieu or renaissance embroidery First we make the feet constituting the lace base of the embroidery. We stitch about 3 times t and back between the facing sides of the motive (caring to that the material should be stitched through only with little stitches on the hem of the traced motive) and twist the feet closely and smoothly.More feet may be made linked in one another, these off branching feet (yarn sticks) are made in the way that a part of the yarn stick constitutes the starting point of the overstitched yarn group with attention to the hem of the base material. When the feet are ready, we sew round the motive densely with tiny stitches. After washing and ironing, the material will be cautiously cut out from under the sticks with sharp and pointed scissors.The embroidery is made on a frame in order to prevent that the material would be drawn together by the feet. 1 surplice: Heights: 70 cm / 27.55" , lace border: 12cm / 4.72" , width of the sleeves 40cm / 25.59" , length of the sleeves 54cm / 21.25" , sleeves: from neck till end 66cm/25.98" " , lace of read more

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