As someone else mentioned earlier, perhaps they are part of traditional costume, which would conceivably give them a later date. It's not something that jumps to mind in the US, as we don't have a national traditional costume that we pull out for special occasions.
Kathy Draves On Sun, Apr 19, 2020, 9:47 AM Devon Thein <devonth...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am posting some close-up photos of the lappet (?) on > http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history. From looking at the > previous photo Maria thought it might be application on machine tulle, but > I think that is not the case. However, the point de Paris ground has an > interesting appearance, not very tight looking. Maybe due to washing? > The translation of staal to sample makes sense. The pieces in the catalogue > of the Gruuthusemuseum appear to be samples because they are just a small > part of a lappet and the piece ends with pairs braided the way we finish up > samples, as opposed to a cut edge or a prettily finished edge. But, where > do these samples come from and why does the Gruuthusemuseum think they > might be 20th century? The book was published in 1990 and the collection is > in Bruges where people know a lot about lace. > The piece I am studying appears to me to be two lappets sewn together that > could date from the late 18th or the early 19th century. Thus my alarm when > I see a photo of a sample that looks quite similar that claims 19th or 20th > century as its date and that this photo comes from Bruges. > Thoughts? > Devon > > > > > > > - > 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/ > - 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/
