For those who love hand made lace.
For discussions of lace history and lace identification. You can post a photo into a comment box for a lace you want to discuss. Bobblin lace history. About historic lace. Kinds of lace. Distinguish types of lace.
We can identify a piece of lace for you, but we need good detail. At least one photo with this kind of detail is necessary. Otherwise we are just guessing. A shot of the whole thing is useful because that shows us the style. Style gives us clues to date and possibly geographical origin. But we need the detail shot to tell us how it was made.
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PHOTOS
http://www.laceforstudy.org.uk/
Jean Leader's new website, different types of lace - https://www.lacetypes.com/
To compare needle lace, tatting and crochet, Kathleen Minniti's sampler.
My antique lace boards on Pinterest
http://www.pinterest.com/lynxlacelady/bobbin-lace-antique/
http://www.pinterest.com/lynxlacelady/needle-lace-antique/
My collection of boards on Pinterest http://www.pinterest.com/lynxlacelady/
Jo Edkins lace collection online: http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/lace/collection/index.htm
Laces compared: https://trc-leiden.nl/trc-digital-exhibition/index.php/lace-identification-7-examples
A university based website specializing in the social history attached to lacemaking
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Bobbin lace antiquebobbinlace bobbinlace3 Needle lace needlelace2
For recognizing Swedish bobbin lace: http://elsapetersonsspetsaffar.com/
Filet lace filetlace2 filetlace3 filet lace4 Buratto
Knitted lace knittedlace2 Crochet lace Irish crochet lace IrishCrochet2
TAPE LACE WITH PARTS NOT ALL BOBBIN MADE
Bobbin tape lace bobbin tape lace 2
Mixed tape lace-machinetape Romanian needlepoint lace
LACES WITH OTHER MACHINE MADE PARTS - net
Embroidery on tulle-needlerun Embroidery on tulle-tambour Carrickmacross
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MACHINE LACES
This is what it takes to make a cloth stitch strip with a machine. I don't know which machine this is. https://www.facebook.com/brooklynlaceguild/videos/1496541547035682/ ;
Chemical lace ChemicalLace2 chemical lace3 chemical lace4
See this for a technical explanation of the chemical lace process.
Barmen machine lace Raschel machine lace Leavers machine
machine1 (not sure what machine)
http://www.dressandtextilespecialists.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Lace-Booklet.pdf a booklet which purports to distinguish machine from hand made laces. Some of the diagrams of typical machine structural elements are quite good. But too many of the comparison photos do not have enough detail to verify whether they are in fact machine made or hand made. The photos don't all show the individual threads. Still, the booklet is useful for the diagrams and descriptions of the various machine laces.
RESOURCES TO START LEARNING HOW TO IDENTIFY LACE
http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history/page/online-resources
http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history/page/6475898:Page:1417
http://laceioli.ning.com/group/identification-history/page/specific-pages-in-lynxlace
IOLI.ORG'S RESOURCES
THE KOON COLLECTION
The Koon collection CD is a collection of images from the Eunice Sein Koon
Collection of Lace donated to IOLI by Ms. Koon. Ms. Koon was the editor of
Lace Craft Quarterly and a collector of lace. It is not related to the
Minnesota collection to the best of my knowledge. The CD is a series of
Powerpoint slides organized as the collection pieces are numbered. There
are approximately 100 pieces of various types of lace in the Koon
collection. Pictures from the CD could be copied and pasted into another
Powerpoint presentation, or the images could be used to request pieces of
lace from the collection for study by IOLI members. Policy for use of this
lace is described on p. 58 of the IOLI Member Handbook. -- Jo Ann Eurell
LACE STUDY BOX
The IOLI - Internation Organization of Lace, Inc. has a study box of lace fragments that members can borrow.
(I am searching for a link)
IOLI also has a lending library for members' use
http://www.internationalorganizationoflace.org/library1.html
A site with good photos of high quality antique laces: http://www.mendes.co.uk/antique.bobbin.lace.p.two.html ;
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I have to get the pieces out of storage to get better photos - working on it.
Here I have photos of 2 knotted buttonhole stitches. I don't know if they are relevant to this piece.
http://lynxlace.com/needlelacestitches.html#single%20point%20de%20V...
Laurie,
Could you provide close-ups of your pieces so I can see the stitches in the solid areas? Why do you think the stitches are knotted? My colleagues and i have been studying the stitches in our piece, and they look like twisted button hole stitch to us, not a knotted stitch. But we are not sure we would recognize the difference. In fact, maybe you could provide a diagram of the knotted stitch you think is used and I could give it a try.
Another observation is that our piece seems to be in larger thread than your pieces, and not so complex. It is hard to see the details of the bottom photo, though so maybe that one is more comparable?
I tried to follow the vine design. I think that the piece is a largely intact border with a candelabra centerpiece. But the points on either side, designated by the turquoise line, have been added and are not symmetrical as is the rest of the piece. On the lower left there is a missing bit of stem that you can see on the right. In this area there is a double tier of the more complicated arched edging that also appears sporadically elsewhere. Perhaps this is related to making and remaking in the 19th century?
Lorelei,
The dimensions are given as L. 24 1/2 x W. 5 1/2 to 6 3/4 inches.
Laurie
Thanks for the marvelous photos.
And in the first piece, you can see the initials S M in one of the flowers. See if you can find them :-)
By the way, t he third piece down in the photos I just posted I bought from the Pat Earnshaw estate. It's 15.5cm wide by 550 cm long! It has a definite scrolling repeat which is hard to pick out, and you can only guess at the flowers. I'm thinking there are hints of thistles occasionally.
Over the years I've sold two other pieces and I could really kick myself for that. One was an amazing collar... I'll see if I can find a photo.
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