Thank you all for responding and coming up with some really good observations. I knew I could count on you :) Seems to be a concensus that it is Idrijan lace. COOL!
> From: Bev Walker >Is the scalloped edge part of it or added separately? To me it looks as if it was added later. It goes completely around all four connected panels, continuously. > From: Alice Howell > This looks very much like the Idrijan lace I first met up with. It is a > narrow trail that meanders to fill the space, and has the proper connection > loops for Idrijan. If you look carefully at this piece, there is a pattern > that has been drawn that is about square, then reverses so the next part is > symmetrical to the first. One double block starts at the top of this piece > and goes to 2/3 of the way down the panel. At that point you can see the > end and the beginning next to each other. There is a spot halfway between > where the pattern reverses, and again appears symmetrical but this one is a > bit harder to spot. The panel is made of three of these pattern blocks -- > forward, reverse, then forward again. As I am diagramming the trails, I am finding this so. Getting dizzy just attempting it LOL! > The edging was probably added later, when this whatever was assembled. It > is not common to the Idrijan I've worked on, but then -- I'm not an expert. > You made a great find! Not a bad find for $1.50 US LOL! Aren't thrift shops wonderful? They don't know what they have(as opposed to some antique stores) <VBEG> Mark, aka Tatman www.tat-man.net - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
