Here is a link to photos on my website, samples I made, which illustrate this
“adding pairs to the clothwork”.

Front http://lynxlace.com/images/lace128.jpg

Back http://lynxlace.com/images/lace128r.jpg

Lorelei



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Subject: RE: [lace] Valenciennes de Gand, but not quite...



…It was deemed necessary not only to give the lace a greater appeal by
emphasizing the contrast between a densely white pattern and a cobwebby
ground, but also to make its production both quicker and cheaper. To achieve
this the practice was adopted of adding threads to form the toile.  These
would be carried over at the back of the work, like those of the mesh ground
in Brussels bobbin lace, while the work was in progress, and the redundant
threads cut away after the lace was finished.

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