[lace] names

Devon I think you are right. But I would say that a lace name should include both technique and structure, but also style. A structural definition of Beds and Cluny would be very similar - a guipure straight lace, held together mostly by braids. But stylistically they are quite different. And, of

RE: [lace] Names

Alex says, “As it is rare to find a piece that can be traced back to its place of origin, perhaps we need to come to an agreement regarding classification by technique, bearing in mind that lacemakers did not work rigidly to a set of rules. The same technique may be found in laces made in

Re: [lace] Bedfordshire lace

when I learned to make Beds. after the book from Barbara M. Underwood I read in her book: Bedfordshire Lace is an East Midlands guipure lace; i.e. it has no net ground, the design being supported and connected by plaits and brides. It was derived indirectly from Italian bobbin laces, but more

[lace] link / resource

Fellow spiders, I just found the most interesting page of 18th C costume terminology. I don't know enough to know how reliable it is, but for what I was looking up, it was helpful. And I was having trouble not just reading entry after entry. "Glossary of 18th Century Costume Terminology"

[lace] Bedfordshire vs Early lace

When I first came across Bedfordshire I knew it as Beds-Maltese and I have never had a reason to consider it as anything other than a guipure lace with its origins in the 19th century. The extensive use of plaits does give it a superficial resemblance to the 16th century bobbin laces which

[lace] 19th Century Lace books

Just a passing thought - I know a good number of lacemakers tend to take Mrs Bury Palliser with a pinch of salt on some matters, particularly regarding early lace history which many other authors have copied without researching back to primary evidence, but one thing she would have been fairly

[lace] Names

Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 17:18:06 -0400 From: Susan Subject: [lace] Bedfordshire lace Hello All! While working on signage for an upcoming lace exhibit at the library, I ran into a disagreement among lace resources regarding Bedfordshire. Hi Susan and Arachnids Our