I feel that there is sufficient lack of uniformity in the mesh that tulle is not being used, but rather handmade needle mesh. This is particularly clear in the mesh which has double stitches and such in it. But the plain mesh is also does not appear to be machine made to me. I have the photocopies that are a little clearer than the scans made from them on the site. However, even on the site, you can see greater detail if you click on the item and then on a magnifying glass. The poppies, it is clear from my photocopy, at least, are made of needlelace and not a fabric as in carrickmacross. I have checked my books about Aemilia Ars, and although there are many peacocks, the work seems mostly to be of a guipure type, and absent these large areas of painstaking needle made mesh. Vis a vis the peacocks and medieval woman piece, I had been thinking that another potential source might be Minne-Dansaert, a Belgian woman who manufactured very fine needlelace and won many internatioanal prizes, but the work I see from her in Trois Siecles is of a higher quality with more three-dimensional details.. On the other hand, everyone produces a range of quality... Devon
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