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Identification-History

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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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Examples + Resources

PHOTOS

http://www.laceforstudy.org.uk/

Descriptions of several styles of lace - https://www.jeanleader.net/lacestyles/index.html

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

A university based website specializing in the social history attached to lacemaking

https://laceincontext.com/

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Bobbin lace antiquebobbinlace bobbinlace3 Needle lace needlelace2

For recognizing Swedish bobbin lace: http://elsapetersonsspetsaffar.com/

Tatting tatting2 tatting3

Filet lace filetlace2 filetlace3 filet lace4 Buratto

Sol lace sollace2 sol lace3

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)

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

http://laceioli.ning.com/group/international-organization-of-lace-inc/page/ioli-advanced-study-of-lace

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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Comment by Lorelei Halley Administrator on October 30, 2012 at 3:31pm: Karla

Van Sciver Bobbin Lace stocks all these. The 2 LePuy books are closest in style. http://www.vansciverbobbinlace.com/1Books.html#Bedfordshire

A Spanish pattern dealer:

http://www.patronsroka.com/index.php

French source of patterns: http://www.ville-retournac.fr/musee/anglais/famille.php?idFamille=1

Comment by Karla Barraza on October 30, 2012 at 11:29am: Thanks! I looked him up and found his books under Mick Fouriscot. =D =D

Comment by Helen Bell on October 30, 2012 at 9:36am: Well, if you want to learn to make it, i would recommend some of the books that cover the French style of plaited laces. I think it's Michael Fouriscot (hope i have that correct), who's authored a number of books on Cluny and Le Puy laces, and Cluny de Briode. They'll most likely be all in French with no english translation, however they are so well written that you should be able to figure out the lace from the diagrams, if you have some bobbin lace skills. There are also a number of pattern books from the Hotel de la Dentelle, which don't really have any instructions, but they do have lots of attractive patterns. Hope this helps.

Comment by Loretta Holzberger on October 29, 2012 at 7:56pm: Two books I use a lot are Guide to Lace and Linens by Elizabeth M. Kurella, and The Identification of Lace by Pat Earnshaw.

Comment by Karla Barraza on October 29, 2012 at 7:34pm: Thanks! So are there any books or resources you guys would suggest to learning something similar to this?

Comment by Lorelei Halley Administrator on October 29, 2012 at 4:12pm: Karla: I agree with Helen. This kind of work is very popular with Spanish lacemakers. In structure and technique it is similar to Cluny, perhaps derived from it. I've taken to calling it "continental guipure", meaning a braid based (plait based) straight lace. It is often worked fairly coarse in scale, and is used for household decoration.

Comment by Helen Bell on October 29, 2012 at 3:34pm: Karla, it looks to be a French design, and the worker is doing it continental style with the footside on the left. Even though it's got a 9-pin head like Bedfordshire lace, it's not English. It's a pretty pattern.

Comment by Karla Barraza on October 29, 2012 at 2:18pm: What kind of bobbin lace is this? http://encajerasdebolillos.blogspot.mx/2012/10/detalle-visto-en-el-...

Comment by Loretta Holzberger on October 26, 2012 at 1:43pm: You are right, there is not a lot of lace, but earlier this month the L.A.C.E IOLI group I belong to here had a special showing of costumes that were trimmed in lace at the Henry Gallery for our meeting. It was very interesting and they showed us how they had put the entire collection on the website.

Comment by Lorelei Halley Administrator on October 26, 2012 at 12:48am: I did a little exploring in the Henry's collection. Frustrating regarding lace, but interesting in that they have several examples of Czech and Macedonian traditional clothing from the late 19th c (something I enjoy seeing).