Re: [lace] Lace Spotted

[Laceandbits]

My students were talking about this in class last night, so thanks for the 
link to the picture. Someone thought it might be Irish crochet.  

Then as I was driving home, listening to the news, the BBC described it as 
hand embroidered.

From what I can see it's not either, or needlelace.  Looking at the motifs 
on the hat where you can see them more clearly, the fillings or structure 
of the leaves looks woven and could be made from a bias tape of some sort.  
The petals are less clear, but I suspect chemical lace motifs.  I guess that 
applied by hand would count as hand embroidered to the uninitiated, in the 
same way as Kate's dress was hand made lace.  

Very attractive though, and certainly in keeping with the spirit of Irish 
crochet.

Jacquie in Lincolnshire.

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[lace] Lace Spotted on Queen Elizabeth II - Richelieu variation

[Jeriames]

Dear Royal Watchers,
 
Although I did not get as close to the motifs as would be desirable, the  
flowers look to me as if they are made like Richelieu embroidery -- in this  
case, embroidered with a reinforcing stitch (buttonhole or similar) around 
petal  shapes that have been drawn on an evenweave fabric, afterwhich they 
are cut out  around the outer edge (looped part) of the buttonhole stitches 
into  individual petals and assembled into flowers.
 
Here is what Caulfeild and Saward says about Richelieu in The Dictionary  
of Needlework, second edition, 1885:
 
This is work of a modern date, and differs but little from Roman,  
Strasbourg, and Venetian Embroidery.  It is founded upon the ancient Point  
Coupe, 
or Cutwork, which was one of the first laces, and was extensively used in  
conjunction with Linen Embroidery, on the Continent and in England, from the  
14th to the 16th centuries, when it was superseded by Reticella Lace.  The  
modern Richelieu Guipure differs from the old Cutwork in being worked in  
more open patterns, and separated by Bars formed of  threads Buttonholed 
over.  

 
Jeri Ames in  Maine USA
Lace and Embroidery Resource Center  
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In a message dated 5/18/2011 3:00:24 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
ash...@shaw.ca writes:

Hi  Everybody:

Just wanted to say I'm admiring the lacey trim on the  Queen's ivory outfit,
worn yesterday in Ireland. There's a good picture of  it here:
http://tinyurl.com/3kmyf45

It looks like needle lace  applique, but as there are yards of it (not only 
the
hat but all around the  edge of the coat)  I'm thinking it's an assembly  of
commercially-embroidered lace pieces. Still, an interesting idea for  needle
lace enthusiasts to make something a little bit  different.



Adele
North Vancouver, BC
(west coast of  Canada)

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