I agree that the cloth stitch in the Barmen is the give-away, and sadly, I see the same thing in this old handkerchief lace. And, the style is very consistent of the styles in this catalog.
Thanks, Lorelei, for providing that reference. Clay Sent from my iPad On Oct 27, 2013, at 3:28 PM, "Lorelei Halley" <[email protected]> wrote: > David > Thank you for the scan of the Beds lace. I'm afraid I still think it is > machine made. http://barmenlace.com/downloads/rehage-catalogue.pdf This > is a 1 mb catalogue from a Barmen machine lace manufacturer that I found on > line. I tried to isolate just one page, but couldn't. However if you look > at the Barmen cloth stitch, you will see that it has the same vertical ridges > that occur in your sample.. The thread paths in your sample are easy to > follow, and that often distinguishes hand made lace. But Barmen machine does > a pretty good job of copying the thread movements. It is the tallies and the > cloth stitch that give it away, I think. An interesting discussion, > nonetheless. > Lorelei > > - > To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: > unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to > [email protected]. Photo site: > http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/ - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
