At 11:36 AM 2/1/2004, you wrote:
Can anyone comment on this old German book with Irische lace
3584224775 please?
Barbara Ballantyne in Sydney Australia
Like Nottingham lace from England or Quaker lace from the U.S., Plauen lace
is the premier machine made German lace. These designs are in the Irish
Crochet style, which in turn are in the style of Point de Venise
needlelace. They are simply gorgeous. The most likely original execution
of these designs would probably have been chemical lace. Precise satin
stitching reproduce the carved ivory ideal of both Irish Crochet and Point
de Venise. Chemical lace from the period (1905) would have been exquisite.
It would take a lot of work to convert these designs to a bobbin lace
pattern or any other kind of workable pattern for other techniques. Then,
of course, after you have the pattern, there is the matter of actually
working the piece.
Patty Dowden
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