Hi, Clay. Your tinyurl didn't want to work, but I did find the hankie you were referring to, by doing a search on ebay. It is a very pretty piece of work, indeed. And it definitely looks like drawn-thread embroidery. I don't know why the seller would refer to it as "Scandinavian," though, unless he/she were confusing it with hardanger? Or thinking of all the 18th century pulled-thread and drawn-thread embroidery that came out of Denmark? 24" square is pretty darned big, but most of that is the lacey edging, so it may be something really extravagant for a special occasion, as the seller suggested. I have no idea of the time period of the thing (seller said Edwardian?, and that's not a costuming OR lace era that I know anything about). I could ask on a historical costuming list I'm on, though, if you'd like. --Sue in Montana
----- Original Message ----- From: "Clay Blackwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 7:28 PM Subject: [lace] Drawn-work lace handkerchief (?) > I have come across a lovely example of drawn-work on eBay (my "eye" is not that sophisticated in this area, so I hope more knowledgeable spiders will bring me "up to speed"). The item is described as a handkerchief, and the seller suggests that it may have been a wedding handkerchief. But I question this, as the dimensions are 24 by 24 inches !! (~60 X60 cm). Now, I'm aware that handkerchiefs have had their own evolution... once quite large, and now quite small. But I'm thinking that 24 inches is HUGE!! > > Nevertheless, the drawn-work is lovely, and I think this (being one of the pre-cursors of needle and bobbin laces) is worthy of our list... > > Any ideas? > > http://tinyurl.com/0 > > Clay > > Clay Blackwell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
