A 'raie' is a stripe or a slash or a ray (fish). I don't know the
expression 'raie de coeur'.
On Tuesday, April 10, 2007, at 12:59 AM, David in Ballarat wrote:
Dear Friends,
I recently completed a delightful piece of Bayeux Lace called "Raie de
Coeur". I had to make it because my big sister's name is Raie.
Having done a bit of searching it seems that this term Raie de Coeur
was given to a design of cornice common in the days of Louis XVI, and
means something like divided hearts. What I am wondering is whether the
expression is used at all today, and what the most common meaning of
the word Raie is? Could it be the equivalent of the English "broken
hearted" perhaps? I suspect not.
Margot Walker in Halifax on the east coast of Canada
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