Ladies, you all know more that I do..... but this looks and has the feel of some patterns that I got from the LePuy Lace school....I do not know if they are old or not, The booklet was revised in 1941. I cannot read the French....I can only read the patterns.....lots of leaves and those tiny raised dots, that I also found in the DeDillmont books. my ha'penny worth BarbE ----- Original Message ----- From: Brenda Paternoster To: bevw Cc: Tamara P Duvall ; lace Arachne Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2005 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [lace] Re: antique hand made bobbin lace
On 12 Oct 2005, at 06:15, bevw wrote: >> If it's _antique_ (1890ties), I'll eat whatever's necessary (don't >> have >> many hats)... :) Looks very much like Eeva-Lisa Kortelahti, but I >> can't > > It looks like Bedfordshire - IMO and feeling cynical, not handmade, > looking at the 'spiders' for instance. Doesn't say Kortelahti to me, but not typical Bedfordshire either; >> The "per yard" price is, to me, "a red flag for the bull" - how much >> _hand made_ lace is there - left, from 150+yrs ago - to be sold as >> yardage today? > > maybe not from 150 +, but from 100 years, quite a bit, among > collectors. probably made in Eastern Europe or Asia - but 1980s not 1880s! If you click on the home page link: http://www.dollsandlace.com/cgi-bin/dalshop.pl?cat=AntiqueLace&view=cat you'll see some more "antique" lace on sale, with some very suspect descriptions. With the exception of this one, the doilies, and the knitting, tatting and crochet it all looks like fairly modern machine made lace to me. As one would expect with yardage lace. The interesting one though is the "new item" Net Lace/Metallic Gold which is described as antique 'lace' which has stored quite well over the decades. If it really is antique then all that gold really is gold then it's a bargain at $25 per foot, but if the gold is really metalised polyester...... Brenda http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/ - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.14/130 - Release Date: 10/12/2005 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
