Devon Very interesting. I couldn't get close enough to either piece to see tallies or other details. Stylistically these fit in the first 2 decades of the 1700s. I would think the label "Flemish" is appropriate, or possibly "early Brussels". This doesn't fit with the pieces usually called "point d'Angleterre" (which usually match mid 18th c style). As to whether they might be Honiton, the problem is that we don't have any external evidence of what Honiton laces looked like in the 18th century. We do know that 19th and 20th c Honiton Liked to use many different fillings in the same piece, and many of those are tally-based. But that does not give us certainty that 18th century Honiton did the same. In fact we don't even have any certainty that the Devon area made any part lace bobbin lace during that time. Levey seems to think there was some (she coined the term "Bath Brussels" to describe that kind). What I am sure of is that we can't assume that 18th century Honiton (if it existed) looked anything like 19th or 20th c Honiton. Going back to your 2 examples -- those braids which connect the motifs to each other are typical of laces from the early 18th c. Lorelei
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