This technique looks also like the sort of lace made in Italy all
through the 20C, for assembly into furnishing laces or for sale on
their own to the tourist trade. Figural laces were especially popular
take-home items.
Beth Schoenberg
--- in beautiful downtown Canberra, where the pipes froze last week --
first time that's happened to us in the 12 years we've been here.
On 25/07/2007, at 1:52 PM, Tamara P Duvall wrote:
On Jul 22, 2007, at 21:38, Lynn Carpenter wrote:
I would really like to know more about my dragon now! What would you
call
the technique? Here's a link to the post:
http://lost-arts.blogspot.com/2007/07/here-be-dragon.html
My guess about the technique would be Brugge/Duchesse, which doesn't
necessarily mean that it was made in Brugge; there are a lot of lace
pictures made by American Indians (late XIXth-early XXth c), which
share many characteristics with yours.
BTW, I agree with whoever-it-was (my wretched memory won't let me
recall the name) who said it was not a dragon but a Salamander. The
fire/rebirth idea is not limited to phoenix and salamander's
mythological affinity to fire has a long tradition, especially in the
Christian imagery (that fiery cluster is also reminiscent of Christ's
heart in many paintings I'd seen in Poland). Besides... Most dragons
have wings, and this critter doesn't :)
--
Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
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