[lace] galoon
Hi Arachnid Thank you to everyone who responded to my question about galoon, which can also be spelt galloon and galon. I knew the term can be used when the edges are not straight but was not sure if it can also be applied if the edges are straight. There have plenty of replies confirming that the edges can be straight, so I will go ahead and use it. Thank you all again for taking the time to respond. 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
Historically galloon refers to metal thread lace or braid, as used on military uniforms or 18th century laced coats.Here's the Wikipedia definition: Galloon is a decorative woven trim sometimes in the form of a braid and commonly made of metallic gold or silver thread, lace, or embroidery. Galloon is used in the trim of military and police uniforms, ecclesiastical garments, and as trim on textiles, drapery, and upholstered furniture. Modern lace manufacturers seem to be using it more loosely, for any sort of double-edged strip lace, scallopped or straight. Google turned up several of them. Bridget, on a foggy evening in Pinner - 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
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
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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
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
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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
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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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