RE: [lace] RE: Mechlin

2017-02-11 Thread Lorelei Halley
Bev That is an interesting example. The date bothers me. However the clothwork and the shapes of the motifs do fit better with the mid 1700s than with the mid 1800s. If it were a part lace (with lumps on the wrong side) I would be not surprised. Mechlin/Droschel ground was used as a ground in

Re: [lace] RE: Mechlin

2017-02-11 Thread Bev Walker
Hello Lorelei, Alex and Lace list Speaking of Mechlin, by coincidence I noticed this lace in the latest auction at Kerry Taylor: http://kerrytaylorauctions.com/one-item/?id=383=%20=439 Interesting that its time-frame is given as circa 1760. I suppose that date is what the previous owner, a

[lace] RE: Mechlin

2017-02-11 Thread Lorelei Halley
Alex Of the books you list, I only have Levey and Palliser. Palliser was trying to be scholarly, but wasn’t really very good. She does not link laces to external sources to verify dates, but just goes by what other lace writers have said. Levey is the one who is a real historian. She uses the

Re: [lace] lappets

2017-02-11 Thread Nancy Neff
Catherine, I didn't see an answer to your question about Alencon lace, but I don't get all the [lace] messages, so everybody forgive me if I duplicate someone else's answer. Yes, it is apparently still made: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hI1uz0p9sk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_7lwhYEUCk

RE: [lace] Mechlin

2017-02-11 Thread devonthein
Nancy says, “This doesn't say what the historical usage was, of course, but that is the current usage by dealers for the antique laces.” Trying to use updated terminology for lace is proving to be nothing short of a metaphysical enterprise. For instance, at one point the museum referred to all

Re: [lace] Mechlin

2017-02-11 Thread Nancy Neff
It is interesting that the 17th C and early 18th C straight laces from the Flanders region are today all referred to as Valenciennes or sometimes Binche by lace dealers--e.g., http://www.mendes.co.uk/antique.bobbin.lace.p.two.html. As soon as a gimp appears, then that variant is called Mechlin.

[lace] Mechlin

2017-02-11 Thread Alex Stillwell
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2017 17:38:02 -0600 From: "Lorelei Halley" Subject: [lace] Flanders/Mechlin Leonard and Devon I have said these things before, but this seems a good time to repeat. Hi Arachnids >From my reading of lace history books, References in History of lace -

[lace] lappets

2017-02-11 Thread Alex Stillwell
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 02:04:20 + (UTC) From: Janice Blair Subject: [lace] lappets I am working on my second adaptation of a lappet from Hi Janice Try www.bart-francis.be I looked up their website a couple of months ago and they still have 190/2, 200/2 and