Yes, Bev, the skill of the weaver, the colours and the fineness of the linen
blew my mind! I have never seen such a detailed piece of weaving on anything
that old
Sue
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Hello Sue and everyone
This information is absolutely fascinating, Sue! Thank you for sharing.
The textile exemplifies their expertise in the technology of the time. A
mechanised loom for doing double-weave nowadays is quite a contraption vs.
hand methods.
That got me thinking about comparing
That is very unusual. Usually we Maltese work a flower motif where the
tallies would be crossed in the centre. It would be more likely to have a
row of flower motifs, âsunâ motifs or Maltese crosses on one band that
would be joined to another band of motifs or ground stitches.
Karen
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Sharon
>From a verbal description it is impossible to say with any real reliability.
Cluny, or its precursor Genoese are possibilities. If you are a member of
laceioli you could post the photo there, and then you could get some real
answers.
Lorelei
Subject: [lace] 12 pair crossings
I have a
I should have added that these joinings are different than what Sharon was
describing.
Cindy
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Hi,
I have quite a collection of antique Maltese lace and several pieces have
the seam between strips where a multi tally crossing would normally be. I
have a collar that has 8 tally 'flowers', with 4 tallies on each edge of 2
strips and you can see the sewing thread joining them to make the
That would definitely not be traditional Maltese.
Karen in Malta
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Hi Sharon,
Do you have a picture? I think Le Puy and Maltese laces use that technique
for wide laces. The lace is made in strips and then sewn together, and
sometimes the join is where there would be tally crossing.
Cheers, Cindy in Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada
On Sun, Sep 9, 2018, 11:29 PM
Iâve now been sent the details of the girdle in the World Museum in
Liverpool, which Iâm adding in here in case anyone on here is also a weaver
and is interested.
Itâs unusual for any clothing a pharaoh wore to have survived and this is
one of the finest textiles from the ancient world. It
