Panel of bobbin lace with a profile portrait of the head of a classical warrior, probably French, 1790-1800 Panel of bobbin lace with a profile portrait of the head of a classical warrior. His helmet is decorated with a mythical beast. The panel is worked with a very fine cream silk thread for the ground and thicker shaded silks, mostly in beige and brown, for the head. The net is a tightly-worked twist net of the Lille type. It does not continue under the portrait, the silks of which are not darned-in, but are worked as cloth stitch with the finer silk of the ground. The pinholes are visible where the coloured silk is turned at the edge of each pattern piece. The panel has been tacked to a later soft silk and the edges of which are turned-over to bind the edges of the net.