Dear Lyn,
again a bit late. In a certain time If I am right at the beginning of 20th
century a sort of Binche (with lots of tallies) was named Feen-Spitze -
fairy-lace.
Ilske
-
To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:
unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help,
I have been following this thread about the loss of very fine flax with
interest.
I know that about ten years ago Bart & Francis in Belgium were looking into
the possibility of producing fine linen thread again, and Francis Busschaert
kindly sent me a sample of 130/2 NeL linen. His comments at
In my studies of lace history, the old very-fine threads ceased being produced
about 1800. The cotton gin was invented about 1790. It let cotton be produced
in great quantity at a much cheaper price than fine linen. For comparison, if
a spool of cotton were $10, a spool of linen would be
Kim touches on another point in this discussion. We may not have fine linen
thread because of extinction (perhaps brought on by war) of the extra-fine
cultivars, but that's not the whole story. We also don't have them because
breeding new extra-fine cultivars isn't economically feasible.
As a hand spinner, I am also interested in the thread questions Kim raises. I
have heard various reasons given regarding why we can’t have linen thread as
fine as was used in early pieces. The question of supply and demand may be one
of the most plausible. The other point I have always been
Regarding the thread, I am also interested in this topic. I have heard a
few theories surrounding why we don't have it anymore. The first was that
the fields were bombed by the Germans in WWI, and the strain of plant
destroyed. This didn't make sense to me because we stopped seeing the fine
Hi Lorelei,
I can't remember where I got that. I hope it's not lace urban legend!
We can't use the lack of fine-thread Val after 1780-1800 because I think
that may be circular: I suspect the lace is often dated on the basis of
what is assumed about the thread.
I've done some superficial looking
the French
revolution. Where did you find that statement? I'm just curious.
Subject: Re: [lace] Faery Lace?
"I think all modern Binche falls into "Point de Fee" or "Fairy Lace
All the commercial Binche lace, for the tourist industry, is Point de
Fee. (or if linen the thread w
ic example -- http://lynxlace.com/images/lace342a.jpg
Lorelei
Subject: [lace] Faery Lace?
"a rather small circle doily of Binche with the Antelope from Anne-Marie
Verbecke-Billiet's Syllabus of Binch. The label described it as Faery Lace.
Maybe it was Fairy LaceI pointed out to the sal
Hi Devon and Lyn,
I think all modern Binche falls into "Point de Fee" or "Fairy Lace", except
for a few recent designs done by AnneMarie Verbeke-Billiet, Kumiko
Nakasaki, and a few others, in the old style. All the commercial Binche
lace, for the tourist industry, is Point de Fee.
About the
<>
There is a form of Binche called Point de Fee, which translates to
Fairy (Faery) Lace. But, usually we hear it in the US as Point de Fee.
It is a form of Binche with a lot of tallies in it. I think a lot of
it was made in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Devon
On Thu, Aug 30, 2018 at
I am in Brussels. The Museum of Costume and Lace has one room of lace. There
are drawers of lace, in chronological order, as well as a film. I did buy the
booklet concerning it, and tried to take good pictures, without flash, of all
the lace. I do believe that lace exhibits miss the mark if
12 matches
Mail list logo
