Hi Sharon, Do you have a picture? I think Le Puy and Maltese laces use that technique for wide laces. The lace is made in strips and then sewn together, and sometimes the join is where there would be tally crossing.
Cheers, Cindy in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 11:29 PM Rick & Sharon Whiteley, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a piece of vintage lace and have now been shown 2 more examples > where > there are 6 or 8 leaf tallies crossing in a peculiar way. To begin with > the > tallies are long and skinny, where they join in the middle it appears that > each half of either the 6 or 8 was made separately and sewn together > later. > > - 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/
