Not irish crochet, looks like some form crochet or possibly bobbin lace. The type of ground and tallys are commonly seen in bobbin lace, but crochet has been used to copy every type of lace known so that wouldn't rule out crochet.
I'm favouring crochet as it looks like round motifs joined together, and the tally's (diamond shaped leaves) don't look woven as you would see in bobbin lace. They look more like they were done in two rounds. But the 'starburst' centres, for lack of a better term, look strange and I can't figure out how they were done. Sorry I couldn't be more help. Usually I can at least figure out what type of technique. Onaree On 4/2/06, otsisto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Possibly Milanese > http://www.gulliver-pp.com/pages/milanese-pix.htm > or > Irish crochet > http://www.irishlacemuseum.com/Museum/Crochetpg.html > http://lacismuseum.org/exhibit/Irish%20Crochet%20Lace.pdf > http://www.mendes.co.uk/19thc.lace.html#IRISH%20%20CROCHET > > De > > -----Original Message----- > On 4/2/06, Dawn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can anyone tell me what kind of lace this is? > > > > www.reddawn.net/temp/lace.jpg > > > > > > I looked in my book on the history of lace, but all the pictures started > > to look alike to me. :( > > > > > > > > Dawn -- Proud List Mom of Irish_Crochet_Lovers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Irish_Crochet_Lovers/ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
