Bev, sounds like Irish crochet. Google this and bet you will find something similar. Very popular at the turn of the 20th century. I was first introduced to it in 1950, when there was a bit of revival, due to an article in Woman's Day magazine ...the same series that introduced a lot of people to bobbin lace. Not me, 'cause it was the May or June issue and I was moving and did not buy those!!!! BarbE
To: lace Arachne Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:51 AM Subject: [lace] crochet lace, palm leaf shape Hi everyone Are there any crochet historians on the list? I bought two small round mats from the secondhand, in crochet with raised rosettes and palm leaf shapes. They are in fine cotton thread, at a guess maybe similar to Tanne 30. Maybe they were just made by someone who was good at crochet, as a hobby, but they have such a regular, even appearance that the worker would have been skilled, perhaps by making lots of such mats. These two pieces would seem to be part of a dresser set. They were made decades ago, but maybe not earlier than the 1940's or 50's. The mats are in quite good condition, but have suffered a bit from being washed and pressed, and, most likely, stored for years until they were tossed in the direction of the thrift shop. Was there an 'Irish crochet lace industry' that supplied goods such as we might find in the mail order catalogues on this side of the pond. Are the dense palm-leaf shapes characteristic of a lace for sale, necessarily. Does this shape make an appearance in the pattern books published mid-century? The shape would seem to take up a lot of thread, and being solid, would take more time to make than an airier design. -- bye for now Bev in Sooke BC, mulling over distance and time (on Vancouver Island, west coast of Canada) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.0/249 - Release Date: 2/2/2006 - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
