I have been enjoying the Oct. 2009 issue of Lace Guild Magazine and have just gotten to the inside back cover. There is a piece identified as Valenciennes Bobbin Lace Lappet, 18th century. Lace identification based on small images in lace magazines is not perhaps a good idea, but this piece looks more like a part lace to me, rather than Valenciennes which is a continuous lace. Perhaps someone who has seen the piece could tell me if I am right. My interest in it lies in the fact that we have a piece of lace that resembles this at the museum where I volunteer. It was identified in the catalogue of the Blackborne auction (it is from the Blackborne collection) as being of a type called Old Honiton. It may well not be English in origin, but there are things about our piece that make it seem like not the usual Brussels part lace. Is there any other information available about this piece? Devon
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