Re: [lace] Re: spangled lace

2021-06-02 Thread J Reardon
Congratulations on your auction find. Did you get any information from the seller on how they came into possession of it? I’d love to know about it’s journey through time. Jean Reardon Western Pennsylvania > On Jun 2, 2021, at 10:11 AM, N.A. Neff wrote: > > Hi everybody, > > I received

[lace] Re: spangled lace

2021-06-02 Thread N.A. Neff
Hi everybody, I received an answer from Gil Dye, and she says it is very probably early 1600's She said it looks a lot like some metal lace on a mantle dated reliably to 1620, and that the more complex laces were early 1600s rather than late 1500s, although she didn't completely rule out the