Hi Penny, Patty, and Jean (hmmm... sounds like a '60's tune somehow...) I have to say that this looks a great deal like a fan I once got for $8: the "bone" is plastic, and the lace is made with continuous braid which looks like it has a heavy "cord" built-in along one side. You'll notice the weave isn't tight as it should be in nice Honiton or Bruges... It's way too gauzy - and this is apparently what made it possible to pull threads in order to take up the slack in curves... and then let it out again later if needed. The give-away is the lumps of cut ends occasionally found when it isn't possible to ease from one motif into another with the continuous braid. I won't even call this Battenburg, although that may be the right term... I haven't studied that lace.
Clay Clay Blackwell Lynchburg, VA USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patricia Dowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 5:45 PM Subject: RE: [lace] Is it a Fan covered in Honiton lace? > Would someone else verify that this fan is Honiton lace? > I would have said Duchesse or Brugge. > > <http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=25518100 50&category=1208&rd=1> > > Interested to hear what other lace-makers think? > > Pene Piip > ============================================================ ==== > > Hi Pene, > > I can't tell. The design is so simple and uncharacteristic of either Honiton or Duchesse to me. I am also exceedingly undecided about the relatively large gimp around all the elements. Too big for a coarse thread in Honiton and where is the raised work? Even Honiton "Slugs and Snails" doesn't look like this. The fillings are rudimentary although my impression is that they are bobbin worked, not needle worked. The overall impression of the whole piece is neither Honiton nor Duchesse. > > Bottom line: some weird degenerate part lace. > > Patty Dowden > > How's that for a solid answer? > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
