Hi Alice,
I would tend to agree about the lace fabric suggestion until I look closely
at the picture that has the best close-up. If you click on 'larger image'
it looks to me like there are two workers passing in and out of the cloth
stitch areas and I thought machine lace tended to use one worker. Also it
looks like handmade lace sewings between the undulating 'tapes' as they
tend to be closer to one side which is typical when sewing to a side that
has already been pinned - at least when I make mine. These observations
are based on the machine laces I have seen so I may be incorrect in my
assumptions.
Thanks for you input,
Cindy
At 02:10 PM 11/19/2006, you wrote:
Considering the style and time period, it was made at
the peak of machine lace development, and at a time
when handmade lace making was minimal. The dressmaker
used the lace as fabric..cutting and shaping it to the
dress style. I think it *was* lace fabric -- made by
machine and available by the yard. The lace style may
not be Russian. It seems to me to be more similar to
some old Hungarian or old Flemish samples I have. If
it is machine made, the designer could have used any
type of lace as a guide, or even combined styles.
Handmade lace clothing that I've seen usually has the
various parts made to size. This dress has been
fitted and shaped with tucks and gathers in the lace.
Tucks in lace???? Not normal.
Alice in Oregon
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