In a message dated 2/15/2004 2:12:12 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Antwerp was the source of Pottenkant, a straight lace with long symmetrical repeats which featured a pot of flowers as the design. Aside from the design style the grounds of Pottenkant were much the same (with a few differences) as for Valenciennes/Binche or Mechlin: Paris, Flanders, round Valenciennes, sometimes torchon. Bertha Van Doren wrote several articles about Binche for the Lace Magazine of the Belgian Lace School which are very interesting. Sometimes one tends to discount some of Van Doren's assertions about Antwerp because she is the world's greatest cheer leader for Antwerp. For another source about Antwerp laces though, there is the Caroluskantjes by Nora Andries. The majority of the laces there are not Pottenkant and they do bear some similarities to Binche as well as to the cauliflower laces. They date from the 17th century. Devon
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