The dress in question: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:1660s_court_dress.JPG
Parchment lace: "Cartisane.--Guipure or passementerie made with thin silk- or gilt-covered strips of parchment." -- The Dry Goods Economist, 1917, Vol. 71, Issues 3813-3822 "Guipure lace, Parchment lace: ...Originally Guipure referred to lace made of gold and silver cords,...Guipure lace was made either with bobbins or with the needle, sometimes with both, as when the large flowing pattern was first made on a pillow with bobbins, and the clusters of flowers, leaves, and ornaments were filled in with stitches worked with a needle. The English term for this old Guipure was "Parchment lace," and as such it is frequently noted in inventories. This same name was made to cover a trimming made of twisted silk cords, -- what in modern times is known as passementerie." Italian Lace History. Reference List of Italian Laces. http://world4.eu/italian-lace/#Guipure_lace_Parchment_lace "The word is derived from guipé, a thick cord round which silk is rolled. Cartisane is a little strip of thin parchment or vellum, which was covered with silk, gold, or silver thread. The work of Guipure lace-making was done either with bobbins or with a ..." M.F.Jackson, 1950, A History of Hand-Made Lace, p. 163 And do a search on "Cartisane" -- many of the results are in French, which I no longer read. HTH. Nancy Connecticut, USA On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:34 PM, <jeria...@aol.com> wrote: > ...the 1660 > "silver tissue dress made from fine silk, woven with silver thread and > trimmed with parchment lace"? This is described as "a rare survival of > parchment > lace, a delicate fabric made using tiny strips of parchment or paper, > wrapped in silk and incorporated into the design of the bobbin-made lace." > ... I would like > to know more about this: the thread and how it was made, the bobbin lace > technique, and what the reference to "parchment lace" really means. - 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/
