Lyn wrote: Is Ipswich more like Bucks, or a Continental point ground? Might that make a difference? lrb
The American Ipswich laces from around 1790 are not point ground laces. The main grounds are point de Paris (or Kat-stitch), or some variation on the Torchon ground. Point ground was used as a filling in one of the black silk samples from 1790 preserved in the Library of Congress. Point ground was fairly new in the late 1700's, and might not have reached across the Atlantic to Massachusetts. Some of the patterns used in the Ipswich laces might have come from copying snippets of imported lace, but as far as I know there is no hard evidence. -Karen in Washington, DC, USA - 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/
