Karen, we found the same thing with the Tønder samples.
Many of the museum samples had been actually glued to
boards at some point! One piece in particular that was only
about 1/2 " wide by about 5 " long measured 5 different angles!
So it's really hard to determine what the 'real' angles might have been.
I would love to see what you come up with though on the
point ground issue!
Take care and talk to you soon.
bobbi
-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Thompson
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2017 5:55 PM
To: Nancy Neff
Cc: Arachne
Subject: Re: [lace] Lace: Point ground laces
The angles of the samples are anywhere from about 33 to 68, sometimes in
the same piece! Some of this might be due to distortion of the samples
between being made in 1789 and being mounted on acid-free board in the
1970s or 1980s at the Library of Congress. Or the prickings might have been
distorted by having been copied a number of times - or from the snippet of
lace they made the pricking from.
-Karen
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