[lace] Identification question
Earlier I posed a question about a piece of lace in the museum that I am having trouble categorizing. The museum has it pegged as Flemish. I posted the photo on the Laceioli.ning site laceioli.ning.com/groups/group/show?groupUrl=identification-history&xg_source=activity This should be viewable by everyone. Oddly enough, Lorelei had a piece very similar to it which she posted. The most distinctive thing about these two pieces is that they both have a honeycomb background mesh. Today I had a brainstorm and I actually looked through entries for all the bobbin lace in the museum from 1800-1900. I found only a very few with a honeycomb background and all but one of them was donated by the Society for Women's Work in Stockholm in 1908 and were considered to be Swedish. The only other one was from Northhamptonshire. I have posted photos of these on the Laceioli.ning site at the above location. I think it is very odd to have a relatively simple lace with a honeycomb background mesh. The more I think about it the odder it seems. Any thoughts about this? Does anyone else know of laces with a honeycomb background mesh? How about the Swedish connection? Does that ring a bell? 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/
Re: [lace] Identification question
Devon, I looked through the book of bobbin lace stitches by Cook and Stott, and to me the ground stitch looks more like the braided kat stitch that is on page 122 of the book. That would make more sense if it is considered a Flemish type lace, since kat stitch (or Paris) is more closely related to that area, while honeycomb ground is more related to point ground laces. *Marianne* Marianne Gallant Vernon, BC Canada m...@shaw.ca http://threadsnminis.blogspot.ca, https://www.facebook.com/GallantCreation/ On 2018-10-25 1:18 p.m., Devon Thein wrote: > Earlier I posed a question about a piece of lace in the museum that I > am having trouble categorizing. The museum has it pegged as Flemish. > I posted the photo on the Laceioli.ning site > > laceioli.ning.com/groups/group/show?groupUrl=identification-history&xg_source=activity > This should be viewable by everyone. > Oddly enough, Lorelei had a piece very similar to it which she posted. > The most distinctive thing about these two pieces is that they both > have a honeycomb background mesh. Today I had a brainstorm and I > actually looked through entries for all the bobbin lace in the museum > from 1800-1900. I found only a very few with a honeycomb background > and all but one of them was donated by the Society for Women's Work in > Stockholm in 1908 and were considered to be Swedish. The only other > one was from Northhamptonshire. I have posted photos of these on the > Laceioli.ning site at the above location. > I think it is very odd to have a relatively simple lace with a > honeycomb background mesh. The more I think about it the odder it > seems. Any thoughts about this? Does anyone else know of laces with a > honeycomb background mesh? How about the Swedish connection? Does that > ring a bell? > 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/
Re: [lace] Identification question
Honeycombe stitch as a ground is also known as Spanish Ground - might this have any bearing? Original Message Subject: [lace] Identification question From: Devon Thein The most distinctive thing about these two pieces is that they both have a honeycomb background mesh. Any thoughts about this? Does anyone else know of laces with a honeycomb background mesh? - 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/
[lace] Fwd: Bruges & World Lace Congress
-- Forwarded message -- From: phil powis Date: 10 Oct 2018 22:20 Subject: Bruges & World Lace Congress To: lace@arachne.com Cc: Conscience duly pricked Jeri. I havent yet written about the Bruges Congress and the following tour of Flanders for similar reasons to those told by Anna. The two weeks were just so rewarding and full of wonderful experiences that I havent settled down enough since returning home to Australia to be able to write about it. For now though I do thank Jeri for organising the Arachne dinner in that lovely elegant room. It wad good to meet other members and learn a bit more about them. My workshop was with Lauran Sundin, who taught 23 of us with Kim Davis tag teaching. Lauran taught the techniques she has worked out to make her spectacular gold wire jewellery. Kim has worked out similar techniques for her own wire lace work so they were a very good complimentary team. Lauran is in Australia now and will be teaching several workshops here through October and November. I have shared advice and information online and in person with Australian groups who have upcoming workshops. Precision techniques, no chatter as everyone concentrating hard, who would have thought a simple twist and cross could be so intense. More another time Phil In Maitland NSW - 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/
