Re: [lace] Battenberg on Ebay

2008-10-25 Thread Jean Nathan
David wrote: Brenda wrote: The seller says it has no age - so yes, a modern Chinese tablecloth. You can already see that there are 'bulges' of cloth areas inside the tapes. I have a modern Chinese crocheted and cloth tablecloth that also has these bulges, and, as Brenda says, they really are

Re: [lace] Battenberg on Ebay

2008-10-25 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi David Yes, I agree - a modern Chinese repro. Whatever the price I wouldn't bother to bid for it. With all that plain fabric between the tape lace bits I'm sure there will be a degree of shrinkage when it's laundered and will be a real pig to iron. It's just not special enough to put that

[lace] Battenberg on Ebay

2008-10-25 Thread David in Ballarat
Dear Friends, there's a large Batternberg table cloth for sale on Ebay - 300267884905 [] I'm fairly sure this is not a modern Chinese repro. Check it out David in Ballarat - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to