I am familiar with push ups (or raised) and rolled tallies from Thomas Lester lace, so last half of 19th century on. They are described in Barbara Underwood's "Traditional Bedfordshire Lace" on page 15, with the illuminating nomenclature of Method I and Method II! She points out an advantage of push ups is that they can be pushed through to the underside of the lace should you want that to be the right side. This was not usual in Beds then, as it flattened the tally, but would allow the join to be worked on what would become the back, without having to turn the lace over, and of course nowadays, when neatness is all, this might be preferred. If you have just her "20 Lessons" the instructions are on pages 77 and 101.
The idea seems very old; I have just this week acquired and am devouring with great pleasure Rosemary Shepherd's "An early lace workbook" and page 60 has raised plaits used fairly similarly to make a protuberance above the lace to add another layer, as found on a late 16th century piece in the Cooper Hewitt, with a similar design from the Nuw Modelbuch. As ever, anyone wanting to do something in a non-traditional will be hard pressed to find something that hasn't been done before... [email protected] ________________________________ From: bev walker [email protected] Bev in Shirley BC, near Sooke on beautiful Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada <This type of tally is still a mystery to me - is it found in a particular lace? Beds or Cluny? early 20th century?> - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]
