There are of course several examples of East Midlands Bobbin laces among the items in Margaret's collection. Margaret always referred to these laces as East Midlands, arguing that both plaited and point-ground laces were made in all of the counties, Bedfordshire, Buckingham, Northampton and even areas beyond these boundaries.
However, we tend to associate point-ground with Bucks, and plaited lace with Beds. There are two very pretty little plaited lace collars, square in shape, small enough for a child or young girl, featuring leaf shapes, flower-tallies, and the traditional "nine-pin" edge. A lappet is rather delicate, being made of a fine cotton thread. There are unusual motifs in the bottom lozenge shapes, like a flower made from undulating trail with a centre held by picot decorated brides. There are a few nice Bucks point ground edgings, but best of all, a piece of blue glazed cotton fabric onto which are sewn a series of lace samples. A strange mixture of point-ground lace, torchon, a few plaited examples including several borders in a very thick thread, sometimes part-coloured. This could well have been a salesman's sample as prices are inked in below the laces. They are faint, but just readable. Last one tomorrow. Angela Thompson, Worcestershire UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
