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Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 24, 2018 at 6:15pm

You are welcome. Happy New Year.

Comment by Sandra Popek on December 23, 2018 at 8:48am

Lorelei, Thank for always being there to answer my questions. I wish you and your family a Happy Christmas and a Happy New Year! Sandra

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 23, 2018 at 12:33am

I think it is an embroidery, of a type called "drawn thread work". It starts with a woven cloth, then substantial numbers of vertical threads are withdrawn & removed according to a specific pattern. Then horizontal threads are drawn out. This leaves substantial empty spaces which can be filled with various embroidered lattices and stitches. The stitches used are very similar (often made in exactly the same way) to those used in filet lace (handmade square knotted net). Many of the stitches are also used in Hardanger and reticella. So all these forms borrow ideas from each other: reticella, filet, drawn thread work.

In German drawn thread work is divided into 2 kinds -- Durchbruch and Doppel Durchbruch. Durchbruch has threads withdrawn from the woven fabric in only one direction. But Doppel Durchbruch has both horizontal and vertical threads removed. In their terminology your piece would be called Doppel Durchbruch. I can't think of any English terminology which makes the distinction so clear.

This pinterest board shows mostly examples with threads withdrawn in one direction only.

https://www.pinterest.com/lynxlacelady/drawn-thread-work/

This one is mostly examples with threads withdrawn in both directions. I'm not really happy with the terminology, myself. I'd like more clarity and agreement.

https://www.pinterest.com/lynxlacelady/reticella-embroidery-cutwork...

Comment by Sandra Popek on December 22, 2018 at 9:38am

Can a member tell me what kind of lace the picture I am posting on this message is?  Thank you!Filet.jpg

Comment by Sandra Popek on December 13, 2018 at 9:04pm

Thank you Lorelei, for explaining that to me. Sandra

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 13, 2018 at 8:30pm

Sorry. I didn't read your question closely enough. That band across the top is called an engrelure. It is a separately made piece, sewn onto the lace itself. And the engrelure is what would be sewn to the fabric that the lace would decorate. One often finds that particular design, and it is bobbin lace. In fact most engrelures I have seen are of that type.

Here is an example of a similar engrelure:

Comment by Sandra Popek on December 13, 2018 at 7:27pm

Lorelei Thank you for the pictures. What I am questioning is that banding on the top. Is that part handmade. Thank you, Sandra

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 13, 2018 at 7:06pm

It looks like a perfectly reasonable Point de Gaze needle lace, handmade. However that is an educated guess. There is not enough detail for certainty. To give an absolute answer we need to see individual threads and how they are connected to each other. Stylistically this fits with standard Point de Gaze. It does not appear to have the added layers that often occur on this type of lace. But I have seen other Point de Gaze without those extra layers. Here are some links that might be useful.

http://lynxlace.com/StitchesofPointdeGaze.html

http://lynxlace.com/needlelacegallery.html#point-de-gaze

http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/point-de-gaze-antique

http://needlelacetalk.ning.com/photo/albums/point-de-gaze-modern

Comment by Sandra Popek on December 13, 2018 at 8:28am

Can you tell me if this is machine made, because it had that band on the top of it?  Thank you, SandraA.jpg

Comment by Lorelei Halley on December 11, 2018 at 6:10pm

A university based website focusing on the social history attached to lace making.

https://laceincontext.com/

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