Hello Susan
The 'Chrysanthemum lace' from Essential Vermeer is a classical lace from
earlier centuries, not the 'Chrysanthemum lace' referred to in the
Belleville book, and other current publications offering nice patterns for
mats and seasonal ornaments, e.g. hearts, Easter eggs, Christmas
Thank you Jean! Bobbi is definitely the Queen of Tonder lace! As to
Chrysanthemum, a connection with Bruges fits the "Flanders province"
description on Essential Vermeer. Interesting too that description "b" under
Bruges in Glynne is reminiscent of Chrysanthemum attributes: tape-like lace,
Thank you Clare! It was nice of you to consult your copy of the Belleville
book. According to the Vermeer site, it was "made in Flanders province for
export to Holland. Dutch lace is also called Cauliflower or Chrysanthemum lace
because of the pattern." Now you know why I was trying to
The intro to Chrysanthemum Lace by Cathleen Belleville says that 'the history
of this lace is a mystery. It is a relatively modern lace, having been
developed in the early to mid 1900s but its country of origin is widely
disputed. Almost every European country claims to have invented it...'
Hi Susan,
Tønder lace is indeed Danish as Jean says, a point ground lace derived from
Lille lace from France. This is what I read recently, I believe in the
first part of Inge Skovgaard's The Technique of Tønder Lace. Bobbi
Donnelly, as Jean says, is the expert on Tønder, would know if I have
Thanks Jean! I saw the Belleville book online but would need to request it
from IOLI library to see if it has historical info. I just stumbled upon the
Vermeer site & the Chrysanthemum reference. I only knew about Withof &
'sGravenmoer so this was a surprise that there might be an additional
Susan,
Tonder bobbin lace (with a slash across the o) is definitely from Denmark - ask
Bobbi Donnelly who is teaching Tonder at the IOLI Convention in July
(https://internationalorganizationoflace.org/Conventions/2017Convention/Classes/amclasses.html)
There could be whitework from Tonder but
Hello All! While working on our upcoming "nationality lace" exhibits today, I
was using the Lace app (Leader) & the Illustrated Dictionary (Gwynne) to help
me plan the layouts for our maps & lace displays. I found a brief reference to
Chrysanthemum lace, described as Dutch lace, on a Vermeer
