RE: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread DevonThein
Dear Lorelei, Thank you for all these links. Yes, those are what I would consider Pottenkant! The piece I am talking about has a flower pot on it. But the technique is totally weird. It may be Pottenkant because it has a flower pot on it, but I think there is some additional descriptor that would

RE: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread DevonThein
Dear Lorelei, And I must voice my usual response that I am not at liberty to share better photos over the internet. I will send you some privately, for study purposes only, and not for publication. It is not a part lace. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the

RE: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread Lorelei Halley
To: J-D Hammett <jdhamm...@msn.com> Cc: Arachne reply <lace@arachne.com> Subject: Re: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed Thanks Joepie. I feel like Potten Kant is a larger category dealing with different laces featuring a flower pot design. Am I wrong about this? This is a

RE: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread Devon Thein
Dear Lorelei, And I must voice my usual response that I am not at liberty to share better photos over the internet. I will send you some privately, for study purposes only, and not for publication. It is not a part lace. Devon Sent from Mail for Windows 10 - To unsubscribe send email to

RE: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread Lorelei Halley
--Original Message- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of DevonThein Sent: Friday, February 9, 2018 11:04 AM To: Arachne reply <lace@arachne.com> Subject: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed There is a puzzling piece in our collection. It is

Re: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread N.A. Neff
Devon, When I read your initial post, I immediately thought pottenkant, but then I looked at the photo... I hesitate to argue with Joepie about Dutch lace, but first, I think pottenkant is actually a narrow category, a Dutch lace with a crudely stylized pot and flower, and either 5-hole or

Re: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread Devon Thein
Thanks Joepie. I feel like Potten Kant is a larger category dealing with different laces featuring a flower pot design. Am I wrong about this? This is a very unusual, to me, lace. It does not have any kat stitch or point de Paris type ground in it. Only linen and half stitch. I can’t find it in

RE: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread J-D Hammett
Hi fellow Arachnids, This is likely to be “Potten kant”. So called because it features pots of flowers in a very densely worked lace in the Netherlands during the early 1700. Joepie in chilly East Sussex, UK. Subject: [lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed There is a puzzling piece

[lace] Identification of Dutch lace needed

2018-02-09 Thread DevonThein
There is a puzzling piece in our collection. It is a flower basket. The cloth work is dense linen stitch. The background is entirely half stitch. I KNOW that someone has told me that this is some special, recognizable form of lace. But, I don’t recall what they told me. The information, which I