Dear Arachneans
I've just been having a conversation with one of my work colleagues about
Coggeshall lace and she wants to know how it is done. I don't know enough
about it to explain, even though I live very near to Coggeshall! Can anyone
give me an simple explanation that a non-lacemaker
Having successfully achieved an acceptable needle tatted medalion I picked up
another pattern to try but it threw up a term I dont understand. The start
is Ring 1-1-1-1-1-1 close ring (ok up to here),
It next says use make picot to move from ring to chain. The rest of the
pattern seems
Dear Arachnids
I have been researching Regency Bucks for over 15 years and found the 'Lace
News' article interesting. Unfortunately the information about the dates,
presumably from the booklet by Jean Eke, Angela Brown and Sandi Woods is
inaccurate. I would have thought that the 'firat port of
For a non-lacemaker the description of chain-stitch embroidery on net is
perhaps enough.
However, the chain-stitch is not worked with a needle but with a tambour hook,
similar to a very fine crochet hook, which holds a loop, then passed down
through the next hole in the mesh to the thread
Thanks Alex. I did not take any dates from the Eke booklet (and they did not
write this piece), these are my own estimations. Since my example is made of
linen thread (confirmed under the microscope), as is the one in the Montupet
book, that doesn't argue well for the 'end of the century' date.
Anyone reading Our booklet on Regency lace will see that we certainly have
studied the Luton collection.
There is an acknowledgement in our list of reference books.
The date AROUND 1820 is surely on target with our conclusions. George IV was
Regent from 1811 to 1820, and King until 1830,
In message 75BD933ACC4D4351A9385FCBFCAD7108@salex, Alex Stillwell
alexstillw...@talktalk.net writes
I have been researching Regency Bucks for over 15 years and found the 'Lace
News' article interesting. Unfortunately the information about the dates,
presumably from the booklet by Jean Eke,
Hi Jane
I was not commenting on the earliest date, only the latest. I think it is
dangerous to stipulat the latest date it was made because if there are
prickings around lacemakers will use them. We are all using prickings from the
last two centuries and possibly earlier, why can they not have
It would seem to me that as long as lace was a luxury item (which it was
until machine lace caused it to fall out of fashion...) the people who
could afford good lace would only want the latest fashion, therefore,
Regency lace would not have been as desirable in the later years of the
19th
If you are missing the Regency posting on Lace News, look at the first item
under the 'About the featured lace' category on the right hand side. On
March 1st I put up a very temporary (in process) posting, since I was
actually in France and was just too rushed. A few days ago I completely
I think in this case the question over what counts as Regency Lace, and
its dates, relate to the origin of the ilk, rather than when patterns
designed in that era have been used to make the lace. Bucks covers a
number of centuries with numerous changes in design (for example, the
proportion of
Thank you, Jane. That is a very good point!
Clay
On 3/16/2011 10:46 AM, Jane Partridge wrote:
I think in this case the question over what counts as Regency Lace,
and its dates, relate to the origin of the ilk, rather than when
patterns designed in that era have been used to make the lace.
Thank you all, I have had several good answers and will see how I get on with
that. I understand what I am trying to achieve now, so thank you.
Sue T
Dorset UK
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Hi Everybody:
Alex - looking forward to that book of yours!
Haven't seen this Lace News thing so am only following the discussion in
ignorance, but I have two thoughts and one bit of new information:
1. Are we sure that the lace being labelled Regency means it was made in the
Regency? I'm not
Ilse,
I am not familiar with the Jourdan piece, but I thought you might like to see
the lace on a gallery page of lace done by Sue Raymond. I think the one with
the sword is her own design.
http://www.lacemakersofillinois.org/gallery5.html
Janice
Janice Blair
Crystal Lake, 50 miles northwest
Hi Lyn,
I have a hanging vase made with slab pottery that has an imprint of lace on it.
I think I picked it up at a craft sale at sometime. Not sure if the lace was
burnt off in the firing
or just used to impress the clay. I love it. Lace became my love long after I
quit doing clay so I
you have to get your lovely lace in touch with raw sticky clay. I'm not
confident that washing would make all right again
Since the lace would have to be washed afterward anyway, I would consider spray
sizing or spray starch (then dried) as a protective coating. I have treated
many things
In regard to the discussion of Regency Bucks and the pieces shown on lacenews:
If somebody had asked me to date the first piece at the start of the article,
without any discussion of where it was made, I would have dated it 1820 at the
earliest and 1840 probably the latest. I would assign that
For instance, the piece on lacenews titled Brussels bobbin lace with vrai
droschel ground is typical of continental laces from about 1820.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?VISuperSizeitem=180632027528
Lorelei
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