> > > From: Brenda Paternoster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I've just put a scan of my piece of Chinese needlelace onto > > > http://paternoster.orpheusweb.co.uk/lace/chinese_needlelace.htm > > > Do you think it's entirely hand made or just had assembled? _______________________________________________________ Lacing friends,
Regarding the Chinese Needlelace piece on Brenda's website, I asked my good friend Kate Henry to take a peek and give us her review of the piece. She allowed me to share her answer with you all. As you know, Kate is well known for her love and abilities in lace identification. Her reply will offer some foolproof methods of identification for future pieces I am sure. She also sends her best regards to all of you. Susie Johnson Morris, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] ____________________________________________________ > Dear Susie, > Yes of course it is handmade Needlelace. It is not tatting. There is nothing machine about it. There is no "assembly" after machine parts. The German > Handstuckmaschine CAN make a good copy of a buttonhole stitch, but there are actually two rows of stitches intended to look like one.... caps and > straights... and they don't match up in numbers. They aren't 1/1, but often 13/15 etc. Yes machines can turn angles on scallops in the best > copies, but the stitches are a different construction, not actual buttonhole stitches. > A lot of the Civil War era white embroideries on lawn are machine Handstuckmaschine. The back sides show floats in the exact same places in every motif. This > doesn't happen in hand work. > > The Chinese Needlelace piece could be Chinese or could be modern Italian, both about 1920-1950. > > Hugs, > Kate Henry - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
