Devon, I looked through the book of bobbin lace stitches by Cook and Stott, and to me the ground stitch looks more like the braided kat stitch that is on page 122 of the book. That would make more sense if it is considered a Flemish type lace, since kat stitch (or Paris) is more closely related to that area, while honeycomb ground is more related to point ground laces.
*Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada [email protected] http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ On 2018-10-25 1:18 p.m., Devon Thein wrote: > Earlier I posed a question about a piece of lace in the museum that I > am having trouble categorizing. The museum has it pegged as Flemish. > I posted the photo on the Laceioli.ning site > > laceioli.ning.com/groups/group/show?groupUrl=identification-history&xg_source=activity > This should be viewable by everyone. > Oddly enough, Lorelei had a piece very similar to it which she posted. > The most distinctive thing about these two pieces is that they both > have a honeycomb background mesh. Today I had a brainstorm and I > actually looked through entries for all the bobbin lace in the museum > from 1800-1900. I found only a very few with a honeycomb background > and all but one of them was donated by the Society for Women's Work in > Stockholm in 1908 and were considered to be Swedish. The only other > one was from Northhamptonshire. I have posted photos of these on the > Laceioli.ning site at the above location. > I think it is very odd to have a relatively simple lace with a > honeycomb background mesh. The more I think about it the odder it > seems. Any thoughts about this? Does anyone else know of laces with a > honeycomb background mesh? How about the Swedish connection? Does that > ring a bell? > Devon > - 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/
