Re: [lace] Point Ground laces - research book

The Librarian/Book Reviewer will weigh in, having read correspondence to date on this subject. There is an OIDFA publication: Point Ground Lace - A Comparative Study, 2001, 57 pages, ISBN 0 95406960-9, in English/French/German, printed in England. Let me share what prompted the work that

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Just because he studied them in the early 1800s I would think they started before quite a while before then. A question to the curator at the Lace Guild may well help. Or maybe look at Santina Leveys book, Lace, as she was at the V & A in London for many years. Although their lace

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Devon, Thank you for correcting this. I am away from my books at the moment. It makes much more sense that he studied the point ground laces in the early 1800s, when there is no question they were made. Another sample of disinformation in some of the old articles. Karen - in sunny and cool

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This topic is covered in Lace Machines and Machine Laces by Pat Earnshaw, p. 66 and p. 67. This claims that John Heathcoat was born in 1783 (not 1732!) and died in 1861. The first warp frame making marketable net, which resembled knitting, was made in 1795 when Heathcoat was 12. He seems to have

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Lorelei, I agree completely. I have never read anywhere that the lace made in Buckingham in 1750 was point ground. What made me pause on this article was that Mr. Heathcoat supposedly learned to make lace from the Buckingham lace makers around 1753 and imitated the point ground on his Loughborough

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Thank you for the comments on the point ground. Hopefully there will be more. As Devon and Lorelei say, it makes sense that due to fashion changes in the late 1700s to much simpler and lighter laces and clothes in general, the point ground provided a lighter background for the motifs. At the same

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rachne <lace@arachne.com> Subject: RE: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces Dear Karen, It would not seem that it would be that hard to find out something like this, yet I have been looking in my books for confirmation of my gut feeling about it, and am surprised at how difficult it is to veri

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<lace@arachne.com> Subject: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces It is with great interest that I have followed the conversations about Mechlin, Valenciennes, Binche, etc. and am wondering if the conversation can continue with point ground. So far, I have not been able to find a date (appro

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gles might have been. I would love to see what you come up with though on the point ground issue! Take care and talk to you soon. bobbi -Original Message- From: Karen Thompson Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 5:55 PM To: Nancy Neff Cc: Arachne Subject: Re: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces

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The angles of the samples are anywhere from about 33 to 68, sometimes in the same piece! Some of this might be due to distortion of the samples between being made in 1789 and being mounted on acid-free board in the 1970s or 1980s at the Library of Congress. Or the prickings might have been

RE: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces

Dear Karen, It would not seem that it would be that hard to find out something like this, yet I have been looking in my books for confirmation of my gut feeling about it, and am surprised at how difficult it is to verify. My gut feeling is that it arose in the last two decades of the 18th century

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Hi Karen, What are the angles of the grounds in the Ipswich lace samples? Nancy Connecticut, USA On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 3:35 PM, Karen Thompson wrote: > It is with great interest that I have followed the conversations about > Mechlin, Valenciennes, Binche, etc. and

[lace] Lace: Point ground laces

It is with great interest that I have followed the conversations about Mechlin, Valenciennes, Binche, etc. and am wondering if the conversation can continue with point ground. So far, I have not been able to find a date (approximate) for the start of point ground laces. The closest I have come is

Re: [lace] Point ground laces

Thank you Jacquie. It is so nice to hear someone praising other skilled persons. On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 8:15 AM, laceandb...@aol.com wrote: Talking about Point Ground Laces, which we were as Jenny has just started doing Bucks Point, this month's Artefact of the Month picture from The Lace

[lace] point ground laces resource was antique Toender pattern

Hi all - There is a wonderful study book on the point ground laces published by OIDFA Point Ground Lace - A Comparative Study - ISBN 0 95406960 9 The book is in chart form listing *23 distinct point ground laces* in 13 regional groupings, including Tønder pre- and post-1900, and Vanha Rauma, pre-

Re: [lace] point ground laces resource was antique Toender pattern

I asked for, and received, this book for Christmas a couple of years ago because I love all point ground laces. My family was amazed that I was so happy with it because they were very disappointed when they looked at it! It's definitely a study book, not a coffee table book! Diane