Mark I don't know how early the style of lace we call Mirecourt started. As far as I know lace was made there fairly early, but we don't know what it looked like.
Deborah Beever may know something about the history of lace from that area. If you look at http://laceioli.ning.com/group/mirecourt-bobbin-lace just under the group's icon is a box titled EXAMPLES. Click on the red words, which are links to photos of the most recent type of "Mirecourt" lace. But as I said earlier, I don't know when that style appeared or if it goes back to 1830. They may have been making lace in 1830, but it may have been a different type. Lorelei - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://community.webshots.com/user/arachne2003/albums/most-recent
