Thanks, Carolina. Do you really see flowers in this piece? Avital
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Carolina de la Guardia <[email protected]> wrote: > I think to have identified the ground used in the piece. It appears on the > book by Gertrude Whiting, "A Lace Guide for makers and collectors", page. > 87. > > I have cut out the basic motifs on the picture for a better identification: > 2 flowers with different centres, one in cloth stitch and the other half > stitch, the petals are holes, surrounded by little braids in cloth stitch. > I am quite sure that the piece is worked as a freehand lace based on > Trentino Stitch. > It would be more difficult to establish a date for it, at least me. > > Greetings from Barcelona. Spain > > Carolina de la Guardia -- Blog: http://apinnick.wordpress.com Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spindexr - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
