What a find! Certainly looks early to me. Last year I did some yardage (from a pattern in Rosemary Shepherd’s Early Lace Workbook) and the cushion motifs and the method of work look very familiar! If I remember correctly, the pattern I worked was dated to the early 1600s.
Adele West Vancouver, BC (west coast of Canada) > Okay, I've put up on Flickr a close-up of the spangled lace I am convinced > is 16th or 17th C. What do you think?? > > Nancy > Ashford, Connecticut USA > - 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/
