it was the Duchesses de Brabant in English????. Later she become queen Marie Henriette de Belge. And the two others were named after cities, Duchesse de Bruges and Duchesse de Buxelles.
The Regency lace got its name after the time of regency of Louis Philippe d'Orléans (1715 - 1723). In Europe it is a time between baroque and rokoko. For the lace it was the change from grounds with plaits into net-grounds. Sometimes those laces don't have any of both so the patterns/motives goes one into the other. The patterns are very rich filled with motives. I heard about Regency point, which shall the name after the time from 1800 - 1830 in England. The time of prince and king George IV (1820 - 1830). This shall be a small Bedfordshire lace with gimp and hexagonal mesh-ground. Ilske - 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
