Dear Devon
I suspect the original table you were recalling was in
Pat Earnshaw's "Bobbin & Needle Laces - Identification
and Care", which tabulates this for various laces, and
includes the figure of 10,000, though not for gros
point. Her figures are based on averaging counts in
1/8 inch squares, so are more reliable than some of
the over-romanticised exaggerated versions one gets!
For the record, her counts of stitches per square inch
are:
Venetian gros point, 17th cent - 6,300
Reseau Venise, beg. 18th cent - 10,000
English needle lace, 17th cent - 2,000
Hollie point, early 18th cent - 3,000
Alencon, early 18th cent - 4,500
Burano, 1930s - 1,700
Singapore needle lace, 1982 - 380
19th cent Viennese copies of 17th cent Venetian gros
point - 2,000-4,000.
The book was published in 1983, so the Singapore lace
was presumably her latest acquisition. Notes - 17th
cent is 1600-1699 etc, and a square inch is about 6.45
square cms, or 2.54 cm square. You need one of her
books to see exactly what she means by Reseau Venise
and English needle lace.
All the best for 2005
Leonard
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