Hello, Brenda! Here is a quote from a catalogue published in 1989 by the Baltimore Museum of Art in connection with an exhibition of the Museum's extensive lace collection:
Lace is a textile whose identity depends entirely on the arrangement and proportion of the spaces between the threads that form the fabric. Textiles other than lace also feature spaces or actual holes in the work, but only as ornament, not fundament. Lace requires a preponderance of empty space over thread. However, this is not sufficient to define the textile; net, for instance, fulfils the condition of preponderant space, but is not lace. The term "lace" applies only when the holes and threads are perceived as forming figured patterns on ground. Aurelia Catonsville, Maryland USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
