I believe the piece is from a dress also. Not necessarily a wedding dress, more like a beaded evening gown. This was quite common in eras past. Not sure if I can date it, early 1900s would be my guess. A really beautiful piece and a nice way to preserve it safely.
The beads appear to be sewn to English Cotton Netting. The work would probably be done by hand. Not difficult really, I have done it in the past, but very time consuming. Lorri ----- Original Message ----- From: Celtic Dream Weaver<mailto:[email protected]> To: arachne lacing<mailto:[email protected]> Sent: 07/19/2009 1:04 PM Subject: [lace] Something for you all to look at Hi in Lacingland, My husband ( who lost his job in April ) got together with some of the guys he use to work with for over 30 years. They went around looking at flea market and garage sales and so on. He brought home this Beaded Art On Net that someone sewed onto what looks like velvet. The beads look like they are tarnished silver lined glass. I have a feeling at one time it was on the front of a dress...maybe a wedding dress. It looks very old. I have put a bunch of pictures of this lace on my blog for you to take a look at...I wish if you all have time to go and take a look and leave me a message on my blog or here of what your thoughts are. This is my blog url http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/<http://celticdreamweave.blogspot.com/ > My husband phoned me to tell me he was on his way home that he had a some beaded work that he was afraid I would like to keep since he was hoping to put it on ebay and sell it. Now that I have seen it...he had every right to be afraid for I do not want to sell it. I think it is pretty and a nice example of vintage Bead work. I know we need the money...but...oh and he hardly paid anything for this. Sherry [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. For help, write to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
