Handmade English Bedfordshire bobbin lace.
Kate Henry
Indiana USA
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From: "Patty Dowden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "arachne" <[email protected]>
Cc: "arachne" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace ID
At 08:40 PM 6/21/2008, Kathryn Nuttall wrote:
Can anyone identify this type of lace?
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/adam1christy/ebay025-17.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/adam1christy/ebay031-19.jpg
http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn10/adam1christy/ebay027-15.jpg
It looks to me most like Miracourt, a french lace, late 19th century,
much used on furnishings and trimmings. The fact that it sort of
looks like duchesse on a coarser scale and the half stitch motifs
with a large gimp convince me.
Patty
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