> Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 05 May 2008 10:42:52 -0700 > From: Joan Jurancich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [h-cost] Catching up > To: Historical Costume <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > At 02:07 AM 5/5/2008, you wrote: >>I just sent another image to the web with a close-up of one medallion. >>Feel >>free to download it and zoom in to see the stitches. >>http://www.costumegallery.com/temp/P1030429A.jpg If using IE, place your >>cursor on the lower right corner, an arrow will appear, and click on it >>for >>the enlargement to see the stitches. I am open for discussion. >> >>Penny Ladnier, >>Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites >>www.costumegallery.com >>www.costumelibrary.com >>www.costumeclassroom.com >>www.costumeslideshows.com > > It looks like embroidery to me, with needle lace around the medallion. > > > Joan Jurancich > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi Penny - I have only ever seen it spelled filet, but the pattern you sent for 'lattice' looks like what I would call filet. However, Joan may be right about the lace medallions - when I first looked at them I wasn't sure they were filet, because of the irregular shapes in the upper halves. It's only really the lower parts of the meshwork that look like filet.
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