Black Chantilly laces from France and Belgium are made with black silk. The
first one with silk which was dyed with something with a salt of iron (SO4)
wich damage those laces after a while.
Ilske
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Cc: Anna Binnie ; Alex Stillwell ; lacelijst -
Subject: Re: [lace] Thresds
Alex writes: Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the
black lace was made
using white thread and subsequently dyed black.
However, according to the Bobbins of Belgium, p. 296, "Grammont, or
Chan
I visited Grammont many years ago to see Chantilly lace in the museum there -
at least I think it was a museum, I do not remember clearly. But I do remember
that we were told that the lace was made with black silk thread, and that the
silk reacted badly to the dye, therefore the lace did not hav
Alex writes: Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the
black lace was made
using white thread and subsequently dyed black.
However, according to the Bobbins of Belgium, p. 296, "Grammont, or
Chantilly lace is usually made of black silk thread". Also there is a
footnote in Palliser in
G'day Friends,
>
> Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the black lace was
> made using white thread and subsequently dyed black.
Well I certainly have never found black any more difficult to work with than
white so have trouble understanding this.
David Downunder in Ballarat, AU
Alex, what evidence is there for this statement. I'm not being difficult
just interested in the processes of lacemaking
Anna in a cold wet Sydney
On 3/9/18 5:37 pm, Alex Stillwell wrote:
Hi Arachnids
Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the black lace was made
using white thre
Hi Arachnids
Because black is so difficult to work with, much of the black lace was made
using white thread and subsequently dyed black.
Blow the dust
Alex
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