carved mother of pearl with floral decoration, 19th century, point de gaze lace work with bouquet and scroll, framed under glass in shadowbox style, fan approx 18" across when opened....Brussels Point de GazeAlthough this delicate, filmy needlepoint lace looks vastly different from the border above, it was made with the same basic stitches. Point de Gaze laces were among the finest and most expensive of 19th century products, and most were made in Belgium -- with the most exquisite said to have come from Brussels. Small inserts of this needle lace, called Rose Point, were frequently combined with Brussels Duchesse bobbin laces