"That's according the Encyclopädia Britanica lace is an ornamental openwork fabric formed by looping, interlacing, braiding or twisting threads. what I found and I agree with it" Ilske
*** The only challenge is, it leaves out cutting/making holes in textiles such as hardanger, or chemical, and so forth. We are used to thinking of lace involving threads as the foundation, but in things like reticella or net laces (as two examples), one uses a foundation to build the design upon and removes portions, or an airy foundation and embroidery creates the delineations; as two examples. I see the valid point that Faye presented; that laying all of lace with threads only is of course much more labor intensive, so definition was made to the lay person that their technique was justified in it's expense because it was handmade. This is reflected in Arachne discussions about ebay lace listings being hand or machine and having more value, but doesn't preclude the overall definition of lace being essentially esthetic holes within a medium, typically textiles. Best, Susan Reishus - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachnemodera...@yahoo.com
