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Handmade or machine made? Help!

I am struggling to identify antique lace as handmade or machine made.  Could you help me? Thank you in advance for your time and experience. 

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The center pieces are tape laces and and hand done.

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The top is Chantilly. Hard to tell form the photo. There is a chance it is hand made but without seeing it in person, hard to say. I try to follow the lines and if they are all lined up, then it is machine. Not sure if they are or not. lol!

 

The middle I think might be Bruge. Handmade.

 

The bottom one I believe is Bath Brussels, also hand made.\

 

I know I have lost a lot of info over the years....gotten lost in my old brain filled with too much information! haha! Since I do not handle it anymore I am losing some of what I knew. Sorry I can't help more. Maybe someone who knows more will happen along. 🙂

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I'm unsure about the black lace, but the others are probably bobbin lace.  I don't think they are tape lace - I see no tapes.

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I can see them quite clearly in shots 2 and 3.  Look at the edges in 2, and clearly the flower petels in 3...

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OOps! switch 2 for 3 and vice versa in that last!
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The black one, which is imitating Chantilly, is machine made

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