[lace] Lace identification

2020-07-19 Thread Janice Blair
If you look at an enlarged photo of the reversed corner you can that the net was cut badly leaving threads and even some netting hanging over the edge.  The circles on the net also looks a little fuzzy to me which makes me think it is all machine made. I think a handmade one would have had better

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2020-07-19 Thread sue
Thank you to everyone who has had any input in this discussion. It is interesting to read all the different thoughts and view. It has given both myself and my sister much more idea of what she has owned for 32 years and it has been moved from a keepsake box into her knickers draw so she can enjoy

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2020-07-18 Thread Maria Greil
Sorry. I said that the mantillas from Granada and Barcelona were machine made. IT IS NOT TRUE. They are manual. Maria Greil El sáb., 18 jul. 2020 a las 19:16, N.A. Neff () escribió: > I agree with Maria. As I said initially, this is machine-made needlerun on > machine-made net. This indeed a

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2020-07-18 Thread Maria Greil
Thank you, Nancy, your explanation was very useful. I learned this kind of lace collecting *mantillas* and being a young family member of an active professional embroiderer. *Mantillas* were made in bobbin lace and later, when the manufacture had to speed up, they were embroidered on machine

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2020-07-18 Thread N.A. Neff
I agree with Maria. As I said initially, this is machine-made needlerun on machine-made net. This indeed a form of embroidery on net, which is not usually included in what people mean by "needle-lace". I didn't want to get into an argument about how narrowly or how broadly one defined

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2020-07-18 Thread Maria Greil
Sorry, but I do not agree with you. I find it is no needle lace but machine embroidery on a mechanical tulle. Maria El jue., 16 jul. 2020 a las 16:21, sue () escribió: > There are always too many Sues in my life to help the confusion! Grin. > The > handkerchief was bought by my sister in 1988

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2020-07-16 Thread sue
There are always too many Sues in my life to help the confusion! Grin. The handkerchief was bought by my sister in 1988 to carry at her wedding as her something old. She bought it in the Kings Road, London, England UK. It appeared from its storage in recent times while shielding from the

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2020-07-16 Thread Sue Babbs
There are too many Sues in this handkerchief conversation! Grin!! Other than posting the photos on Flickr for Sue T, I know nothing about the hanky. Sue T has asked her sister for more photos, and there is now also a photo of the hanky's reverse and a photo of its corner. The photos are in

Re: [lace] Lace identification

2020-07-15 Thread N.A. Neff
My apologies!!! I forgot to trim. It's been a while since I posted... - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lacemaker/sets/

Re: [lace] Lace identification

2020-07-15 Thread N.A. Neff
Hi Sue, How pretty! And what a good photo -- the details are quite clear when enlarged. It is needle-run lace, embroidery on net. The net is machine-made, and the embroidery is also almost certainly done by machine although I wouldn't claim to be 100% sure unless I could see the back. It is a

Re[3]: [lace] Lace identification

2020-07-15 Thread Sue Babbs
Hazel's wedding hanky photo is now on Flickr for all to see. Hopefully it can be correctly identified Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com --- - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com.

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2020-07-15 Thread Sue Babbs
If you send me the photos and descriptions you want placing on each, I will put them on Flickr for you Sue suebabbs...@gmail.com -- Original Message -- From: "Maria Greil" To: "sue" Cc: "Arachne" Sent: 7/15/2020 11:17:47 AM Subject: Re: [lace] Lace ide

Re: [lace] Lace identification

2020-07-15 Thread Maria Greil
Where can we see the pictures ? El mié., 15 jul. 2020 a las 12:38, sue () escribió: > Hi lacemakers one and all. I hope you are all safe and well, many of the > lacemakers I know will have been busy making lace in lockdown to keep > themselves, busy, calm and comfortable. What a joy to be

[lace] Lace identification

2020-07-15 Thread sue
Hi lacemakers one and all. I hope you are all safe and well, many of the lacemakers I know will have been busy making lace in lockdown to keep themselves, busy, calm and comfortable. What a joy to be able to. My sister just sent me two images of a lace handkerchief that she bought during 1988 in

Re: [lace] lace identification websites and books

2019-05-13 Thread Jean Leader
On 13 May 2019, at 18:52, Karen Thompson wrote: > > Elena pointed out the V's site > http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf > which > I also find extremely helpful, especially for identifying the machine made > laces. The same website also has

[lace] lace identification websites and books

2019-05-13 Thread Karen Thompson
We are really fortunate to have Jean Leader providing her new website www.lacetypes.com I just tested it on my hp desktop, and it is terrific. I also often use Jean's Lace app on my i-phone. It is also very, very useful. The symbol is a lace cap if you are looking for it. The cost is very minimal

[lace] Lace Identification?

2018-10-29 Thread hottleco
Hello All! A friend has some lace she wants to trade for embroidery supplies. The tags are: Flanders foliated, Flemish tape & Antique "Cuspiore" (spelling??) Venetian used for altar cloths. She sent me pictures & I have posted them to Flickr to see if the experts can help identify them in

Re: [lace] Lace Identification/Translation of Label - Eastern Europe

2015-10-08 Thread Tamara P Duvall
On Oct 7, 2015, at 4:22 AM, Olga Ieromina wrote: > > СНЕЖИНКА > > SNEGINKA Lace Guild of Vologda named by Labor Medal of Red Flag Hi Olga, The name of the factory gets transliterated from the Cyrillic alphabet in several ways. The way I remembered was Snezhinka, so that's what I googled, and

Re: [lace] Lace Identification/Translation of Label - Eastern Europe

2015-10-08 Thread Nicole Gauthier
Hi Tamara and Olga, In 1991, I visited the lace 'factory' in Vologda with a group of german lacemakers. The trip was organized by Marianne Stang, a very active lacemaker. We were very well received there. We could visit the working rooms and see the lacemakers at work. A very complete fashion

Re: [lace] Lace Identification/Translation of Label - Eastern Europe

2015-10-07 Thread Olga Ieromina
Hi Jeri, This should be piece of Russian lace from Vologda. The letters are in Cyrillic The first part is the organisation name and address (if you see ??? below it means that your PC is not setup for Cyrillic): Вологодское ОРДЕНА ТРУДОВОГО КРАСНОГО

[lace] Lace Identification/Translation of Label - Eastern Europe - 2

2015-10-07 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lace Experts, This subject, written about yesterday, resulted in some fresh Arachne mail, as intended. Much was personal - just to me, so the list did not see them. Here are a couple items to remind everyone: 1. Sometimes my mail from AOL does not get delivered. It happens only

[lace] Lace Identification/Translation of Label - Eastern Europe

2015-10-06 Thread Jeriames
Dear Lace Experts, Our list is too quiet. Here is something to discuss. Last year, I purchased a lace collection from a friend who desperately needed money. It was all in one large densely-packed box, and most is unlabeled. Not knowing where the laces came from, I have been slowly

[lace] Lace identification please

2013-11-09 Thread Jean Nathan
Those of us who have sewing machines which can embroider in hoops can produce this kind of lace. Lots of designs available on the web, some free and some very intricate. Instead of fabric, water soluble stabilizer is used, load the design into the machine, press 'go' and disappear to do something

[lace] Lace identification please (2)

2013-11-09 Thread Jean Nathan
And forgot to add that you also hand finish by snipping off any stray threads from your finished machine embroidery. - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

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2013-11-09 Thread Jean Nathan
I don't use my machine to replace bobbin lacemaking - it's nothing like it. But it is useful if you just want a quick bit of decoration on something. I put quick in inverted commas because it isn't in sewing machine terms - probably 30 minutes up to an hour to complete a design. But if it's one

[lace] lace identification please

2013-11-08 Thread Sue
A friend brought me this item just as its shown in the link below. It is Irish lace and needle work rather than other lace work. I wonder if one of you experienced spiders would pin it down to whatever type you believe it to be. It mentions embroiderers and also that it is Hand Finished lace

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2013-11-08 Thread Clay Blackwell
I believe this is a form if machine lace called chemical lace. It was embroidered by machine on a fabric which was then dissolved away by chemicals. Clay Sent from my iPad On Nov 8, 2013, at 8:51 AM, Sue su...@talktalk.net wrote: I wonder if one of you experienced spiders would pin it

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2013-11-08 Thread Catherine Barley
Catherine Barley Needlelace www.catherinebarley.com -- Subject: [lace] lace identification please A friend brought me this item just as its shown in the link below. It is Irish lace and needle work rather than other lace work. http://www.grangecraft.com/product_info.php?prod_id=29 Hi Sue

Re: [lace] lace identification please

2013-11-08 Thread Ilske Thomsen
This is a sort of chemical lace - embroidery as they made in Vogtland, Erzgebirge and in Switzerland. Ilske - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line: unsubscribe lace y...@address.here. For help, write to arachne.modera...@gmail.com. Photo site:

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2013-11-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
It's definitely chemical lace, but I suppose that snipping the motifs apart using scissors would make it hand finished. Sent from Brenda's iPad It looks very much like Chemical Lace to me and certainly not hand made! - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

RE: [lace] lace identification please

2013-11-08 Thread Diane Z
I couldn't get the web site to enlarge the photos of the coasters from the thumbnails, but it does look like Carickmacross lace. Carickmacross is an Irish lace embroidered on tulle. It is fast and easy and is worked on a pad of cloth held in the hand so can be carried anywhere. It also had

Re: [lace] lace identification please

2013-11-08 Thread Sue
I have to say i wasn't thinking it was hand made so where did the hand finished come in. Thank you for clearing that one up. They are pretty though and of course friends see lace and think of me:-) Nice of them. It's definitely chemical lace, but I suppose that snipping the motifs apart

Re: [lace] lace identification please

2013-11-08 Thread Brenda Paternoster
If you go to the link http://www.grangecraft.com/product_info.php?prod_id=29 then click on the photo of the lace to enlargeit, it is clearly labelled Irish Lace, Hand finished lace made on traditional embroidery frames. The smaller writing underneath reads The tradition of Embroidery and Lace

[lace] lace identification statistics for 2011 card exchange

2012-01-15 Thread Jenny Brandis
Thank you to everyone who has responded with help identifying the different lace types we used in our recent card exchange. I have now designated the ones I called 'tape lace' into the following headings. Thank you Elizabeth Ligeti for explaining it so clearly. tape lace - lace constructed

Re: [lace] lace identification

2012-01-13 Thread Lesley Blackshaw
On 13/01/2012 03:59, Jenny Brandis wrote: I am having a go at identifying the different techniques used in the 2011 Arachne Card Exchange Mine's torchon. I'm wondering whether Holly has received it? Perhaps I missed reading that she has. If not, it seems to be taking a ridiculous amount of

Re: [lace] lace identification

2012-01-13 Thread Brenda Paternoster
Hi Jenny Most of your identification seems to be spot on, the only ones I would disagree with are: Sallie - Jeanette is tape lace/braid lace with a stem stitch gimp down the centre and joined with sewings all along the length of the candy cane. Amber - Marina (should that be Martina?) is

[lace] lace identification

2012-01-12 Thread Jenny Brandis
I am having a go at identifying the different techniques used in the 2011 Arachne Card Exchange but am unsure (quite a bit) so if you would like to take a look at what I have done so far and let me know where I have misallocated that would be appreciated. I will transcribe the results onto our

[lace] Lace Identification Booklet Hapsburg veil

2011-06-24 Thread Karen Thompson
Susan, and all The wedding photo of Marjorie Merriweather Post's daughter Adelaide Brevoort Close (1908-1998) was taken at the Hillwood estate in Washington, DC. although her wedding to Thomas Tim Welles Durant on January 19, 1927 took place in New York City. Adelaide wore a short dress with a

[lace] Lace Identification Booklet Hapsburg veil

2011-06-23 Thread hottleco
Hello All! Thank you Linda for posting the link to this article. I'll admit to drooling over the Lanvin sleeve detail on my way to downloading the booklet for reading later. Thanks Karen for posting the veil link--what a fabulous piece! The 88x102 stitches/rows per inch scale is almost

Re: [lace] lace identification question

2010-06-27 Thread Nancy Neff
Hi Cindy, Yes, I totally agree with you about this seller--she's terrific and offers stellar pieces. I didn't mean to imply anything negative about her. Just that I didn't know why something was called one thing vs another. And the lace is so crisp and in such good condition (only one hole that

[lace] lace identification question

2010-06-26 Thread Nancy Neff
I'd appreciate some help from the lace experts on this list. I bought this lace recently: http://tinyurl.com/36v5vo8 The ground is a plain torchon ground (not Flanders), so you see the relative coarseness of the thread compared to the incredibly fine threads of the 18th C. Also the lace itself is

Re: [lace] lace identification question--correction

2010-06-26 Thread Nancy Neff
Wow, am I ever embarrassed. As soon as I started taking detailed pictures for Devon, I could see that it is indeed Old Flanders ground (pre-WWI). It's just so much tighter and neater than anything I do that without magnification I thought it was Torchon. *blush* So I think the question is: when

Re: [lace] lace identification question

2010-06-26 Thread Nancy Neff
I've posted an album with some photos of the flanders with gimp lace I was asking about.  Any ideas you have about what type of lace and its age would be appreciated.   Thanks!  --Nancy   Nancy A. Neff Connecticut, USA - To unsubscribe send email to majord...@arachne.com containing the line:

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2010-06-26 Thread Cindy Rusak
Hi Nancy, I can't help you a lot with the identification of this lace. What I can say is that this seller is pretty knowledgeable about lace and usually sells quality pieces. I have bought from her in the past and have also had communications with her about pieces she has for sale. Unlike

[lace] Lace identification

2008-07-01 Thread Alex Stillwell
Having seen similar situations where lace has been identified and dated by experts, and then found them to be totally inaccurate, I now consider the names to be generic and describe the type of lace as determined by the techniques used to make it. However this is also a problem as we do not have