<<I think we need to assign Devon to look at all the bobbin lace ones in the Met and tell us how the joins are made.>> Funny you should ask. I was looking at one of the binche handkerchiefs from Princess Alice of Monaco, 63.196.6. The joins are in the corners and they do not use lassen, although they are very skillfully done. I have posted photos of the four corners on http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history?xg_source=activity the laceioli.ning site in identification/history. The handkerchief dates from 1888-1902 based on the monogram which changed when the owner became divorced. I think that lassen is something that you do with Binche and point de Paris. Are there any other laces that use "lassen"? Nancy, did you see any other handkerchiefs of interest? I might have photos.
Devon Vis a vis Pam Nottingham. If you are doing Bucks it is quite difficult to do a corner because there is a grid and it is not a 90 degree angle, so perhaps she and her students did invent a way of handling this grid disassociation by inserting a motif in the center of the corner to muddy that issue. Corners in needle lace or Milanese would not present that problem. Sometimes you see chalice covers or patten covers with corners in these laces. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
