It's lovely. Hankies used to be much larger than they are today. It could
have been a wedding hanky. It took a lot of work to make, and should be for
a special occasion. I can believe it to be wedding hanky but I have no proof
of it.
Alice in Oregon
On Sunday, June 23, 2019, 10:22:25 AM PDT, Adele Shaak <[email protected]>
wrote:
Good morning! Iâve got a question:
Does anybody know anything about antique wedding lace?
I have a piece of Duchesse lace that is approx. 13 inches (33 cm) square. It
is filled with flowers and other motifs that have to do with weddings and
fertility. So, Iâm pretty sure it was used as part of the wedding ceremony,
BUT - gee, it seems awfully big to be a âwedding handkerchiefâ which is
what the label said it was. Also, the motifs are fine Duchesse bobbin lace,
but they are joined together with a simple needle-lace background of
regularly-spaced buttonhole stitches, that is made with a thicker thread. So,
a comparatively heavy openwork net. That doesnât say âhandkerchiefâ to
me.
This piece might actually be a handkerchief, and perhaps the size of wedding
hankies has changed over the 100+ years since my piece was made. However, I
have a niggling suspicion that it might not have originally been a hankie at
all. I have heard of chalice covers and Iâm thinking it might be that, or
maybe even something else. I donât know much about traditional European
religious ceremonies, and for all I know it might even have come from a Jewish
marriage ceremony - I have *no* idea what that ceremony uses.
The symbology is secular: roses and chrysanthemums, etc, so it could be
anything. Or it could just be a hankie and Iâm overthinking this. It is the
size and the net background that is making me think twice.
Anybody have any thoughts?
Adele
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