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Bruges lace makers postcard, the peacock tag, Le Soir 1901 and a black Belgian sequin hank
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The peacock hank: sparkle from pre-war Belgium

An unopened hank of Belgian sequins, still wearing its peacock tag, and the bright world that made it: lace makers, Brussels sequin factories, a sequin maker from Lunéville and the port of Antwerp.

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