Re: [lace] Tallies in 17th c lace (was: 17th century Genoese lace on Ebay)

2010-02-15 Thread Nancy Neff
Thanks, Tamara! That's a lot of useful information--I appreciate your taking the time. As I said to Sharon, I certainly still have a lot to learn! :-) --Nancy Nancy A. Neff Connecticut, USA From: Tamara P Duvall t...@rockbridge.net I didn't think theĀ 17th

[lace] Tallies in 17th c lace (was: 17th century Genoese lace on Ebay)

2010-02-14 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Feb 14, 2010, at 13:09, Nancy Neff wrote: I didn't think theĀ 17th century lace had leaves?? Yes it did. Leaves -- and other woven shapes, like triangles -- appear even earlier than 17c, at least in Genoese lace. By early 17c they were fairly common. I'm pretty sure that the Parasole