Betty et al, I do remember seeing these lace cloths on my visit to the mansion in the Missouri Botanical Gardens. I didn't have a camera with me at the time. Can't remember what my conclusion was on the lace and I do recall thinking that it would be a good post to the list. Glad Sallie piped up and nice to know of another area lacemaker :-D We frequent MOBOT and are members. Been a while since we have been there to view the gardens. I will have to remember to go into the house(with macro lens camera) to see the lace again. But I do think that it is a Cluny or tape lace and the other cloth is drawn thread work. Just my opinion.
-- Mark, aka Tatman website: http://www.tat-man.net blog: http://tat-man.net/blog Magic Thread Shop: http://www.tat-man.net/tatterville/tatshop/tatshop.html email: tat...@tat-man.net Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/tatmantats On 1/3/11 6:39 PM, "Clive & Betty Rice" <dol...@verizon.net> wrote: > I'm glad to have gotten the identification of the laces going...I didn't > have the magnification so could only look at the photo as shown, thus it > looked like crochet. Crochet is the most common thread work done in the > period up to the 1970s in Middle America. Tatting was quite common as > well. One needs to know when the the pieces were made. Obviously, the > people there would know about their display. Did anyone ask? > > Hey, Mark, you're not THAT far from St. Louie, why don't you go have a > look? I assume we're talking about St. Louis, Missouri, USA. > > Betty Ann in Roanoke, Virginia USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com
