[lace] galoon
Hi Arachnids Here's another question. I know the term galoon is used for a strip of lace with an undulating or Vandyked headside on both sides. Is the term also suitable when the both headsides are straight? If not, does anyone know of the correct term. I have tried Wikipedia but the only reference I found included it in a list containing other lace items but no description of the item. Happy lacemaking Alex - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
Subject: [lace] galoon Here's another question. I know the term galoon is used for a strip of lace with an undulating or Vandyked headside on both sides. Is the term also suitable when the both headsides are straight? Hi Alex If both sides are straight isn't the word 'insertion' the correct terminology? Catherine Barley UK - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
Thanks Cathy but it's not an insertion You are not the first to give this answer but this lace has picots, not a footside down each side and it is not intended that the sides be sewn to fabric. Instead the whole item is to be applied onto fabric. I always have fun reading all the replies, they show how misleading and inaccurate the English language can be and they help me get the best term to describe what I'm working on. Thank again and best wishes Alex - Original Message - From: Catherine Barley catherinebar...@btinternet.com To: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net; lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 8:45 AM Subject: Re: [lace] galoon Subject: [lace] galoon Here's another question. I know the term galoon is used for a strip of lace with an undulating or Vandyked headside on both sides. Is the term also suitable when the both headsides are straight? Hi Alex If both sides are straight isn't the word 'insertion' the correct terminology? Catherine Barley UK - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
Hi Alex and Arachnids, We would call e strip of lace with both sides straight (footsides) an insertion. I have not heard any other term for that so far. If there is another term I 'd like to know as well. Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex, UK -- From Alex Stillwell I know the term galoon is used for a strip of lace with an undulating or Vandyked headside on both sides. Is the term also suitable when the both headsides are straight? Happy lacemaking Alex - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] galoon
Haven't found anything with the spelling galoon, but A Fashion Alphabet by Janey Ironside: Galloon (Galon) - metallic lace trimming Costume Language (A dictionary of dress terms) by Stephanie Davies: Galloon, galon - Narrow braid or trimming. 17th to 19th century. The Dictionary of Costume by R Turner: galloon, galon - A fancy finishing braid used in both costume and upholstery work. A narrow passementerie of cotton, silk, velvet, cold or silver cording. Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
Thanks Joepie but it's not an insertion You are not the first to give this answer. An isertion is a piece of lace inserted between two other pieces of fabric or lace. This this lace has picots, not a footside down each side and it is not intended that the sides be sewn to fabric. Instead the whole item is to be applied onto fabric. I always have fun reading all the replies, they show how misleading and inaccurate the English language can be and they help me get the best term to describe what I'm working on. Thank again and best wishes - Original Message - From: J D Hammett jdhamm...@msn.com To: Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net; Lace Arachne lace@arachne.com Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2012 9:12 AM Subject: Re: [lace] galoon Hi Alex and Arachnids, We would call e strip of lace with both sides straight (footsides) an insertion. I have not heard any other term for that so far. If there is another term I 'd like to know as well. Happy lace making, Joepie, East Sussex, UK -- From Alex Stillwell I know the term galoon is used for a strip of lace with an undulating or Vandyked headside on both sides. Is the term also suitable when the both headsides are straight? Happy lacemaking Alex - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] galoon
Just found another. A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion by May Brookes Picken: galloon Narrow, tape-like band; either strong lace woven of gold or silver threads on silk or worsted, or ribbon of wool, silk, cotton, etc. Formerly much used for trimming. Also spelled like French word 'galon'. galon - French word meaning rich lace, galloon or officer's stripe. galon d'argent - French term meaning silver lace galon d'or -French term meaning gold lace Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Bobbin?
Hi Brenda Re: unknown item Your comments sound OK to me. If there was a long neck and head the item would be even longer. Do you know if it looks like the end that might have been a neck has been broken off? I occasionally come across oddities, particularly when someone is trying out making bobbins and really has a limited knowledge of how the item is to be used. Hope someone comes up with an answer. Happy lacemaking Alex - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Love Lace Exhibition at pwerhouse museum, sydney
I accidently came across this exhibtion whilst looking for something else. The first link is the museum itself and the second is a slide show of some of the exhibts. As a 'keep calm and make tea' type of person, I like the idea of 'make lace not war' http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/lovelace/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-9yObAzUEY Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Build your own lace strip
http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/makelace/index.htm I've been playing on this page and thought you might like it too. L Kind Regards Liz Baker thelace...@btinternet.com My chronicle of my bobbins can be found at my website: http://thelacebee.weebly.com/ - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
The Oxford English Dictionary states: A kind of narrow, close-woven ribbon or braid, of gold, silver, or silk thread, used for trimming articles of apparel; a trimming of this material. One of the references they quote is from 1882 - The Dictionary of Needlework by Caulfeild and Saward: There are two descriptions of this article. One is a strong, thick gold laceâ¥It is woven with a pattern in threads of gold or silver, on silk or worstedâ¥and is employed in uniforms and on servants' livery hats. The other is of wool, silk, or cotton combined with silk or worsted, and is used for trimming and binding articles of dress, hats, shoes, and furniture. This sort is only a narrow ribbon. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] spider silk shawl
The spider silk shawl The Guardian had a double page spread of a photograph of the cape on Tuesday 24th January... The two metre shawl and the richly embroidered cape are now on show at the Victoria and Albert Museum London until June 5th. It took the silk from 23,000 spiders to weave 25 grammes of silk and there are 1.5kg of silk in the cape. To produce and weave enough spider silk for both the cape and shawl took 8 years!!! There is more information with the photograph... Jan Tregidgo www.tregidgo.com/jan - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
You have good questions for us, Alex ;) 'galloon' is at Wikipedia and has an excellent photo of this braid on a Russian uniform. You have lace trim with each edge a headside, intended for surface application. I don't know a short name for that, but surely there is one?! On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net wrote: Hi Arachnids Here's another question. I know the term galoon is used for a strip of lace -- Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
Hi Alex: I think you could still call it a galloon. The Oxford online dictionary defines a galloon as a narrow ornamental strip of fabric, typically a silk braid or piece of lace, used to trim clothing or finish upholstery At dictionary.com I got: a braid or trimming of worsted, silk or rayon tinsel, gold or silver, etc., usually having scalloping along both edges. Since dictionary.com says usually we can suppose that by their definition sometimes it's not scalloped, the Oxford online dictionary doesn't mention scalloping as a necessary part of a galloon. I looked at about 10 different online dictionaries and none of them specified that it had to be scalloped. Hope this helps Adele North Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) On 2012-01-28, at 12:02 AM, Alex Stillwell wrote: Hi Arachnids Here's another question. I know the term galoon is used for a strip of lace with an undulating or Vandyked headside on both sides. Is the term also suitable when the both headsides are straight? If not, does anyone know of the correct term. I have tried Wikipedia but the only reference I found included it in a list containing other lace items but no description of the item. Happy lacemaking Alex - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
Re: [lace] galoon
More info on 'galloon' - it is derived from the French, galon, as someone
else mentioned - galonner, to dress the hair with ribbons.
I think of it as a heavy and/or sturdy trim, for use on upholstery,
drapery, and military wear in modest or sumptuous amounts, scalloped or
straight ('festooned with galloons' comes to mind!). In my French-Canadian
dictionary, one of the meanings for 'galon' is the stripe itself on a
uniform.
And some thoughts: I'm wondering if 'galloon' is an appropriate word for
your lace - you could call it what it is, 'lace trim' with a qualifying
adjective e.g. 'wide lace trim' or 'elegant surface trim' (as opposed to a
trim that hangs over an edge), or 'applied trim' ??? unless, of course,
your lace is heavy-duty but the use of picots suggests to me something more
delicate than a military stripe.
On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 12:02 AM, Alex Stillwell alexstillw...@talktalk.net
wrote:
Here's another question. I know the term galoon is used for a strip of
lace
with an undulating or Vandyked headside on both sides.
--
Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of
Canada
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[lace] Lace Fence
Thank you Liz Baker, for that website. It set me thinking. Iâm certainly not going to design a fence and have it fabricated in Bangalore, India. But it occurs to me that one might be able to do that with a square of galvanized fencing if there were a proper wire. Think of the possibilities on the deck, for example, as a change from the usual fencing. Question is, can this be done in wire, and if so, what kind of wire? I know nothing about wire lace. Is that where I should start? Next question. Itâs relatively easy to figure out how to start, and even how to stop. How about the sides. I am assuming a rigid side post, as in the fence, http://www.powerhousemuseum.com/lovelace/index.php/country/netherlands/lace-f ence Do I just loop the stuff around the post on the side? And, while Iâm on the subject of exotic lacemaking, what about making a sling chair out of a nice Torchon or Flanders pattern. What sort of fiber to use? Has anyone done something like this? Any books on the topic? Lyn in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA, where itâs bright but full of clouds. 47F, 7.5C - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] galloon
Alex My understanding is that galloon refers to any strip lace with 2 headsides. Whether the 2 headsides are scalloped or straight doesn't matter. An insertion is any strip lace with 2 footsides, meaning 2 edges with pin-after-4 sewing edge. And for insertion it also doesn't matter if the edges are scalloped, wavy or straight. Lorelei - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
[lace] Slovenia,Russia Lace Tour
Hello everyone This is my first post. I have been lurking since joining a couple of months ago . I wish to inform everyone about a wonderful Lace Tour that is being organised to coincide with the OIDFA congress in France. The Tour starts in Venice on June 18th. A Bus will meet an Emirates Flight from Dubai and take us direct to Llubljana in Slovenia. After four days visiting Idrija and other lace villages we will fly to St Petersburg in Russia. Then there are nine days in Russia visiting museums and galleries etc in St Petersburg, Vologda and Moscow. Finally the tour will fly to Paris on 30th June in time for the OIDFA Congress. The Tour has been organised for Australians but there are still places available and so is being made available to others. If you are interested and would like more details then you can either email myself or the Tourist Agency in Slovenia that is organising the Tour. i...@enzzo.si Cheers from Dawn Howell in sunny Melbourne. CONFIDENTIALITY - The contents of this e-mail are confidential. The contents are intended only for the addressee/s of this e-mail. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail any use, reproduction, disclosure, adaptation or distribution of the information contained in the e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please reply to us and let us know of the misdirection, and delete the document. Thank you. VIRUSES - You should scan this material and any attachment to ensure that it is free of computer viruses or any other defect. No warranty is given that the material is free from virus or defect. - 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://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
