Re: [lace] Re: spangled lace

[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 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 latter.

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[lace] Re: spangled lace

[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 latter.

I'm hoping to reconstruct it. I'm making some spangles (slowly -- it is
laborious! but I think they are looking pretty good), and I have some gold
thread that should work. We'll see how that goes...

Thanks to everyone for Gil Dye's email. I was so happy to hear from her.

Nancy
Ashford, Connecticut, USA

On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 4:56 PM N.A. Neff  wrote:

> Okay, I've put up on Flickr a close-up of the spangled lace I am convinced
> is 16th or 17th C. What do you think??
>

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