Opinions seems to differ slightly but an 'ell' would appear to be
approximately 45 inches. That item doesn't look to be that long.
I have two old lacemakers 'yard wands' - one is marked out in 'nails' and is
36 inches long the other measures 42 inches.
Diana in Northants
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Subject: [lace] What is this?
Assuming it has anything to do with lace at all, could it be the measuring
device for an "ell" of lace, which was the increment in which lace was
sold.
Someone once told me that lacemakers of the past made it by the ell and
often
lace borders sewn together in ell long lengths if you look at it closely.
I think the name for the upper object is a plior. They were selling these,
newly made, in the museum in Brioude, and someone in one of the small
villages
that I didn't visit, still carves them, and was suggested as a possible
stop
on my zip through the Le Puy area. However, that was one stop I didn't
make.
Devon
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