There's a number of paintings of the Virgin from roughly that period from eastern Europe that feature veils edged with some sort of decorative edging depicted in gold that I could easily see someone describing as "lace" for want of a better word. The paintings are fairly stylized and it's hard to tell whether the motifs are intended to depict an actual decorative threadwork technique or what. But what it appears to be is an edging made either of gold thread or gold in some other form that stands out from the edge of the veil in open designs, often with little pendant bits. This could be needlelace, comparable to what we know today as "oya". An aside: it would appear that the invention of bobbin lace in the 1500s caused the final demise of brocaded tablet weaving as a grament trim. Nancy Nancy Spies Arelate Studio _www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudio.html_ (http://www.weavershand.com/ArelateStudio.html) "But if by 'Liberal' they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by 'Liberal', then I'm proud to say I'm a 'Liberal'." John F. Kennedy, 14 Sept 1960 _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
