I am engaged in a cataloguing project where I am supposed to come up with the best term to describe a piece of lace. I have a lace that is like Valenciennes de Gand, but instead of a plaited mesh background it has mesh of twisted pairs that meet in a whole stitch. From a distance this looks like the part lace Valenciennes de Gand that was popular in the mid 19th century (not to be confused with continuous lace Valenciennes that was popular in the 18th century). Years ago I had a correspondence with Ghyslaine Maes (hope I spelled this right) who was involved in the OIDFA conference in Ghent. She told me the name of this kind of lace, but I cannot find the correspondence. I have looked in all my books, but I am not having any luck. Can anyone help me out with this? Here is a link to the lace, although the photo isnât high def enough for you to see the background mesh. The flowers have Duchesse type characteristics such as raised and rolled work. There are also needle lace fillings in certain areas such as the flower centers.
http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/227365 Help would be greatly appreciated. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [email protected]. For help, write to [email protected]. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/
