Thank you so much for this, Karen. The pictures of the lace, which you say was made in the 1860s, but on an earlier pattern and equipment do not present an whole hearted endorsement for the practice of not using pins in the ground. It is sort of sloppy looking. I took a quick look through the prickings on the Met website to see if there were any point ground without pin holes. I didnât find any, but I did find one that is Mechlin without pin holes. Of course, we knew they did Mechlin without pins, so that isnât a great surprise. The link is https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/218945?sortBy=Relevance&f t=lace+pattern&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=4 Again, one has to marvel at the expertise of the earlier lacemakers that they could take a pricking like this and make a lace like the one shown with the pattern. The only way you could make that lace on that pattern would be if you had a sample piece, which I suppose they had. Perhaps it was even the sample that is attached to the pattern. Such an interesting conversation⦠Devon
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