Princes lace also uses leaf-shaped tapes (cut as necessary into separate leaves) and other tapes which have shape woven in ie. Shell/fan shapes on the edge of a tape. I think the others use only straight tapes. It tends to have fewer needle-lace fillings although they are worked in relatively fine thread.
Luxieul lace is the name I could not remember earlier today. It is very similar to Branscombe, but lacks the Branscombe edge picots. The needle-fillings in Battenberg are usually very simple and made with coarse thread. Hope this helps as well. Happy lace making, Joepie Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Annette Meldrum Sent: 17 November 2015 20:29 To: lace@arachne.com Subject: [lace] tape lace distinguishing features Borris Lace and Branscombe lace both use a machine made straight tape. Like a tape made on the straight with whole or cloth stitch. Battenberg lace uses Battenberg tape which is courser and made on the cross grain so that it can be drawn up to fit the design curves by pulling the gathering thread that runs along the edge of the tape. Princess tapes can also be gathered up in this way. Borris and Branscombe tapes do not gather and must be whipped along the edge to gather up. Branscombe tape is all mounted and whipped to lie flat before working the fillings. Borris tape is drawn up while working the fillings. Hope this helps with understanding. Please ask questions if I have not adequately explained it. Best wishes Annette Meldrum -----Original Message----- From: owner-l...@arachne.com [mailto:owner-l...@arachne.com] On Behalf Of Lorelei Halley What are the distinguishing features of Borris lace, Branscombe, Battenberg and princesse? Battenberg is usually considered quite crude. Are there other styles of mixed tape lace that I haven't mentioned? Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
