Yes the upper piece, for storing the lace as it comes off the pillow, is called a plioir. Hard to pronounce with English-shaped vowels :p The second piece I have no idea. An ell is about 45 inches. Does that help? It is an English measure. Perhaps there is a French measure which the wooden piece would represent. The two holes at either side though... quoi donc?
On 7/28/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Assuming it has anything to do with lace at all, could it be the measuring > device for an "ell" of lace, which was the increment in which lace was > sold. > Someone once told me that lacemakers of the past made it by the ell and > often > lace borders sewn together in ell long lengths if you look at it closely. > > I think the name for the upper object is a plior. They were selling these, > newly made, in the museum in Brioude, and someone in one of the small > villages > that I didn't visit, still carves them, and was suggested as a possible > stop > on my zip through the Le Puy area. However, that was one stop I didn't > make. > > -- Bev in Sooke BC (on beautiful 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]
