I have been enjoying the book "Hollandsche Kant - met Passer en Liniaal" (Dutch lace - With Compass and Ruler), published by LOKK in 2008. No other identifying numbers found. 271 pages. Three languages which I think are Dutch, English and German.
The book has history of Dutch lace from 1880 to 1942 (63 pages), then techniques with extremely good diagrams and instructions (16 pages), followed by 122 patterns (163 pages). The back of the book has several pages of pictures of new projects made using some of the patterns as an inspiration. The Technique section has this definition: 'Dutch Lace' consists of geometric and stylized floral figures connected to each other with plaits. It is a lace of continuous threads... The use of picots or tallies was discouraged but appear sporadically. The history section makes a good read if you are interested in history. It relates the lace activity to the social scene and details the struggle and growth of lace schools, with teachers training students who became teachers -- passing on the art. The schools involved art teachers to improve the designing of patterns. The industry was alive and well until the war stopped it all for 30 years. Lace was revived in the 70's. This book contains many patterns resurrected from attics and archives, and put back into use. The patterns are quite intriguing to a person used to seeing Bucks, Beds and Torchon. I think the style is more Guipure than Torchon. Some patterns insert some extra threads at certain points to complete a pattern design. The patterns are mostly edgings, straight or rounded. Most of the straight edgings have corner patterns. Some half circles are mounted on fansticks. Some patterns are small mats, round or square. The committee that did the study and prep work for this book provided detailed diagrams for the patterns, with extra ones for intricate spots in the patterns. There's a colored picture for each of the 122 patterns. The book is large (probably A1 size) and an inch thick, which makes it a bit expensive in the USA. However, considering all that's in it, it's a very good buy. I think it was a limited production and may be hard to find. If you ever come across this book, get it. It would be a great reference in a guild library. Now -- my reference to Kortelahti. Some years ago we had a discussion about Kortelahti lace, and what kind it was. All we came up with was 'Kortelahti Lace'. After my study of this book and it's patterns, I realize that Kortelahti lace has it's base in Dutch Lace of the early 20th century. Eeva-Liisa must have had basic lessons or reference books from someone trained in this style of lace. She took this training, and expanded it with her own patterns. Her designs are a bit more flowing, less geometric, but follow the same basic style. Since I really enjoy making Kortelahti lace patterns, that may explain why I like this book on Dutch lace. Alice in Oregon -- where we had a cool but sunny day. - 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://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
