On Feb 20, 2008, at 21:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There is currently a listing on eBay for a length of black lace. It
is very simple in design, and seems to be fairly unevenly worked -
signalling the likelihood that it is handmade. It is being sold from
Pennsylvania. I wonder if this is some Ipswich lace?
Does anyone out there know enough about this lace to make a judgement
on that?
Here's the URL: http://tinyurl.com/2ealrh
May very well be hand-made; the ground around the motifs *is* uneven
and differs from one motif to the next, suggesting it might have been
made without pins. Ditto the footside -- looks like it's been made on a
well-worn (and therefore no longer perfect) pricking.
But not Ipswich, at least I don' think so. None of the laces
illustrated in Cotterell's book has the tulle (CTTT) ground, which this
lace has. Perhaps something someone bought in Europe? Cute little
trimming, though. Wonder if one could still buy 4 yards of even
machine-made cotton lace for that price. Or if one could even *find*
cotton lace :)
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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