Hi everybody, I received an answer from Gil Dye, and she says it is very probably early 1600's!!!! She said it looks a lot like some metal lace on a mantle dated reliably to 1620, and that the more complex laces were early 1600s rather than late 1500s, although she didn't completely rule out the latter.
I'm hoping to reconstruct it. I'm making some spangles (slowly -- it is laborious! but I think they are looking pretty good), and I have some gold thread that should work. We'll see how that goes... Thanks to everyone for Gil Dye's email. I was so happy to hear from her. Nancy Ashford, Connecticut, USA On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 4:56 PM N.A. Neff <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, I've put up on Flickr a close-up of the spangled lace I am convinced > is 16th or 17th C. What do you think?? > - 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/
