Dear Amanda, I was intrigued by your question about the guipures on Plate 36 in Seguin. I looked through several of my identification/history books and came up with a reference and picture on p 164 of Jackson's Old Handmade Lace which shows a similar sort of tape lace. <http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/books.html#J> also on CD 4.
Pat Earnshaw also mentions guipures in her Dictionary of Lace p. 76. Why "Guipure d'Angleterre" I don't know, unless these examples were indeed made in England at the time. Note the early dates. I'm no expert, just a scanner, but questions like yours send me to my bookshelves. Thanks for the incentive. Maybe someone else, more knowledgeable than I, will come up with the answer. Arachne is certainly the place to ask! Tess ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]