I have uploaded a photo of the âwedding handkerchiefâ to the Vancouver Lace Club website:
https://vanlaceclub.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/weddinglace1.jpg <https://vanlaceclub.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/weddinglace1.jpg> Itâs not up on Flickr; I couldnât figure out how to do that. Adele > On Jun 23, 2019, at 12:57 PM, H M Clarke <hcl...@mac.com <mailto:hcl...@mac.com>> wrote: > > Hi Adele, > > That does sound like an oversize ladyâs handkerchief, even today. My âantiqueâ hankies are far smaller, less than half the dimensions including significant amounts of lace. > > As for the wedding part of it, I was not aware of any such tradition until I emigrated and found local lacemakers. It is not something that played any part of any wedding I went to or heard about. Before anyone contradicts me, I would explain that I come from peasant stock almost entirely from East Anglia in England so cannot comment about other regions or more posh weddings. Then again, I have no recollection of wedding handkerchiefs being mentioned during any of the British royal weddings either. As a cynic, I would suggest that the wedding tag was to attract extra attention to the piece :-/ > > I would be interested in reading about the experiences in other parts of the world as well as identification of Adeleâs treasure. > > Regards, Helen in Adeleâs part of the world - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
