Thanks to Jane Partridge and Adele Shaak for their replies to my conundrum.
Adele is correct that Regency lace had no gimp on the outside, but did have
gimp on the inside around little holes. I have always thought that this showed
a preview of what would be later tried in Bedfordshire Maltese.
Devon - I am without my lace books at the moment, so I can’t give you any
citations. But there is a type of lace that was done in the early 19th
century, that is a point ground with no gimp on the outside of the motifs. In
the books I have, it was called “Regency Lace” - probably a reference to
I'm wondering if it might be a machine made lace. I think some had the gimp
outline sewn in by hand later.
Jane Partridge
From: owner-l...@arachne.com on behalf of DevonThein
Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 3:51:01 PM
To: Lace Arachne
Subject: [lace] point
Thanks to all who responded with helpful hints regarding my request for access
to the museum of Halas lace, and also Arlene Scaroni.
On another note. I have encountered a lace in the Met collection which is a
point ground without any gimp.
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/214651
