This little snippet about Toender lace changing to tulle ground cttt. Charlotte
Paludan. The Museum of Decorative Art, 2000. Published in CIETA Lace group
newsletter number 31 in September 2000 on Toender Lace. ‘At the end of the 18th
century, the centre of fashion shifted from the Flemish
Hi Devon
Thank you for your comments. Have you checked your Mechlin to see if it is
English or Continental? I would be very interested to know. Regarding the
dated piece you mention. Is it Lille or Bucks Point? You can use the same
criterion as for distinguishing between English and Continental
Thank you Alex and Devon for chiming in on the question of beginning of the
point ground laces. Devon, it would be interesting to see your pictures. It
seems reasonable that the lighter, airier fashion in the late 1700s with
tiny sprigs lent itself to the double thread ground c-t-t-t as opposed to
Hi Alex:
I tried to find an answer, too, but like you I had little luck. The French book
“Dentelles Normandes: La Blonde de Caen” is a history book and has a lot of
information about Blonde lace, but the emphasis is on business, not on
technique, though there are a few places where they
I saw the question.
A year or two ago the Met had a Vigee LeBrun exhibit. She was the artist who
painted the French aristocracy right up to the Revolution and even beyond, as
she also fled. I thought it would be interesting to have a viewing of lace
such as in the paintings. Most of it was
Hi Arachnids
I saw the posting requesting information about the date point ground started
and have been waiting to see the response. Unfortunately there has net been
even one, I was hoping someone else would come up with something as I have
found no reference that actually gives a date and I am
