Re: [lace] Old French Chenille Blonde lace sample
When I think of chenille it immediately reminds me of the chenille table cloth used by me grandmother! Diana > On 11 Aug 2017, at 18:42, Adele Shaakwrote: > > This is an interesting lace - thank you for putting up the photo. I agree > with you that it is a nice little design. It doesn’t look like what I would > expect from the description in Caulfield’s Dictionary of Needlework - the > pattern isn’t poor, it’s not geometrical, and not filled with thick stitches. > It does look like the lacemaker has just substituted a chenille thread for > the usual smooth gimp - if a smooth gimp were used then it would look to me > very like the samples in the Ipswich lace book. > > Adele > West Vancouver, BC > (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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
Re: [lace] Old French Chenille Blonde lace sample
This is an interesting lace - thank you for putting up the photo. I agree with you that it is a nice little design. It doesn’t look like what I would expect from the description in Caulfield’s Dictionary of Needlework - the pattern isn’t poor, it’s not geometrical, and not filled with thick stitches. It does look like the lacemaker has just substituted a chenille thread for the usual smooth gimp - if a smooth gimp were used then it would look to me very like the samples in the Ipswich lace book. Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > > If anyone is interested I have added a second picture to my flickr page of > another sample from the same collection. > On the reverse the lace is identified as 'Old French Chenille Blonde'. > According to Caulfield's Dictionary of Needlework Chenille Lace is "A > peculiar kind of Lace made during the eighteenth century in France. The > ground of this lace was silk honeycomb Reseau; the patterns were poor, and > chiefly geometrical, filled with thick stitches, and outlined with fine white > Chenille." Actually I think it is quite a nice little design. I seem to > recall it is mentioned in the book by Mrs Palliser but my copy escapes me at > the moment. > - 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/
[lace] Old French Chenille Blonde lace sample
If anyone is interested I have added a second picture to my flickr page of another sample from the same collection. On the reverse the lace is identified as 'Old French Chenille Blonde'. According to Caulfield's Dictionary of Needlework Chenille Lace is "A peculiar kind of Lace made during the eighteenth century in France. The ground of this lace was silk honeycomb Reseau; the patterns were poor, and chiefly geometrical, filled with thick stitches, and outlined with fine white Chenille." Actually I think it is quite a nice little design. I seem to recall it is mentioned in the book by Mrs Palliser but my copy escapes me at the moment. Diana Smith Northamptonshire - 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/