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
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
Alex
Of the books you list, I only have Levey and Palliser. Palliser was trying to
be scholarly, but wasnât 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
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
Nancy says, âThis doesn't say what the
historical usage was, of course, but that is the current usage by dealers
for the antique laces.â
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
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.
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 -
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