Carol wrote: > Back to crochet -- yes, the simple chains and such were around in the >18th century. Some of the cords on military drums are chained rope. > The reason for the "no crochet" pronouncement is that some people >want to use crocheted lace for 18th century. The explosion of lace >patterns occurred in the 19th century. > There are a number of different lace making techniques, many done to >look like another type at various times throughout history. Tatting >to look like needle lace, etc. > Find the artifact for the era, copy the artifact. Depending on the >level of accuracy desired, a pair of crocheted doilies may not work >for engageantes. I wouldn't use the chaining on fly fringe to >justify using them.
I'd also be curious whether the museum specifically knows that the crochet on this piece is original, or whether it could have been added a bit later.... forgive my skeptical reflex here, please! It certainly _could_ be original if it's just chains and fastenings. I'd also like to see a photo, if Bjarne has a way to post it. It may be important to know exactly what this looks like. The more evidence we have of what early crochet _was_ like, the better equipped we are to say what it _wasn't_ like (granny squares, lace edgings, zigzag afghans....<g>). I'm convinced, personally, that bobbin lace was invented as a faster and easier substitute for needle-made lace, which is very, very slow. And then tape lace was invented as a faster and easier substitute for bobbin lace; crocheted lace was invented as a faster and easier substitute for bobbin and tape laces, machine-made lace as a substitute for crocheted lace, chemically-dissolved lace as a substitute for machine-made lace.... <grin> Of course, this is an *extremely* over-simplified view, but I think there's some truth in it. ____________________________________________________________ 0 Chris Laning | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> + Davis, California http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
