I've been scanning this sort of lace recently. In fact, one really has to be very careful in the choice of sources because so many of them are the "happy hands at home" types. However, you will find several on the Professor's site: http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/lace.html One thing to remember is that this kind of lace was often called by other names: point lace, for instance. Check out other sections besides books--articles, magazines, etc--and look for dates around the turn of the century. I know it is sometimes hard to find things on the site: there's an awful lot there!
Also, anyone who has ever visited an old 18th-century house has certainly seen the tape looms which were so common for so long. I read somewhere that little boys were often set to work making the family tapes. This may not be the source of the tapes that were made for the laces mentioned in the recent postings, but I would imagine that the professional ones weren't too different, the principal being the same. And of course, tapes were vital in the days before zippers and velcro. For those who read German, I am scanning a copy of Marie Schuette's Alte Spitzen at the moment. It has a picture on just about every page: long to scan, but fascinating to look at. It will take me a week or so more to finish the scanning, then the Professor does his bit, and the whole thing should be on his web site before the middle of October. Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
