Cornely machines do make a very good imitation of hand tambouring (and hand chain stitch embroidery) but I think that this piece is hand tamboured because it does appear that the stitches are all made between the meshes of the net and the stitch sizes vary accordingly. With Cornely embroidery the stitches will all be the same length and some will pierce the threads of the net. Also there are some fillings which I don't think the Cornelly machine would do, even with a skilled operator.
However the foundation net is very regular and appears to be machine made which means that it's not c1800. Mid-late 19th century more like. Nevertheless it is a spectacular piece which would have been worked on by a team of tambour workers. Brenda On 6 Feb 2011, at 20:10, Nancy Neff wrote: > I agree with you Achim, tambour work, but even that (not just the net) looks > machine-made to me. Do you think the tambour work hand-done in this piece? Brenda in Allhallows www.brendapaternoster.co.uk - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003
