<<The only other dress with lace was from the 1870s or 1880s and was definitely machine lace. Does anyone know when chemical lace started because that's what it looked like.>>
According to Pat Earnshaw, "In the late 1880s... the Schiffli began to emerge as a formidable power." The Schiffli is the embroidery machine I usually associate with chemical lace. This also corresponded to a fashion for wearing heavy Venetian laces which were especially suited to being reproduced on the Schiffli. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
