hello,
My idea is (perhaps): Mechlin lace..
Josette From Bourgogne, France
I am demonstrating at the Chicago Botanic Garden this weekend and had a
query about some
Point de Fée lace which one of the ladies had been given. I'm afraid I
didn't have any knowledge of this lace. Can anyone give me
Heather Toomer 'Lace - a guide to identification..' page 143 -
'The manufacture of Valenciennes lace could not survive long after 1900 but
the interest in antique laces at the turn of the century brought a curious
revival. This was the return of laces with the complex snowy ground and
Tess wrote:
For those who prefer the printed to the CD version of books, I wonder
if you have heard of the site lulu.com? It is a publishing house
which will print and bind any pdf book you send them.
In addition from fiddling about to get print as I want it, I use the booklet
printing
Point de Fee is a relatively late comer to the family of continental laces
which were made in Belgium and parts of France. In the mid to late 18th
century, the lace designs had gone from formal florals to more fanciful motifs,
and these included animals, (hunt scenes were particularly popular)
Hello Sue,
a certain sort of Binche which lots of tallies in German we name
Feenspitze - Fée lace. It appears in the 19th cent. Perhaps this is
what you are looking for.
Greetings
Ilske
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in La Dentelle Belge by Pierre Verhaegen, 1911 (which I am happy to have on my
shelf...!!)
Verhaegen writes page 80,etc about Flanders lace called Trollekant, quoting
baron Liedts (from The Catalogue of the Gruuthuse Museum, page 47)
It comes from the Swedish word Trolle=fairy and Kant=lace
In a sale I picked up some thread which hasn't been manufactured for a long
time, Sylko size 40 Mercerised cotton. It was originally made for sewing
and comes on 100 yard plastic spools. The colours I got were deep blue,
purple and cerise. I'm going to use them for lace to applique on a light
I would compare this to any regular machine sewing thread. I used this
thread in cream to make the lace for my wedding veil and the handkerchief
that I carried (almost 22 years ago now!) It worked up beautifully. The only
thing is that when I wash the hanky the lace tends to crinkle so I need to
Hello Steff
Does it say Coats Sylko? listed from Ed1 3Z-28 w/cm
or Dewhurst Sylko? listed from Ed3 3Z-28 w/cm
I'm no expert in the various company take-overs and brand label
changes, but I'm fairly sure that all the Sylkos are essentially the
same - except for the size. Tootal Sylko and
